Thomas Jeckyll was a master of metalwork during the Victorian era. He achieved great success as an architect and his legacy lives on through his gorgeous metal interior design fittings like fireplaces and mantels. Jeckyll’s furniture designs, which include dining room chairs and writing desks, demonstrate his ornate touches and exquisite attention to detail.
Jeckyll’s career began in East Anglia, England, in the 1850s and 1860s. He restored historic buildings and designed schools and rectories in the Gothic Revival style. He also restored churches and built new ones, most notably the Holt Methodist Church in Norfolk.
From 1865 to 1872, Jeckyll worked on the furniture and interior of the Oak Parlour at Heath Old Hall in Wakefield, where he combined Elizabethan and Jacobean styles with Moorish and Japanese influences. Around the same time, he worked on Rance’s Folly, a five-story townhouse in Cambridge, which he restored in the graceful Queen Anne style.
His most famous commission came in 1876 when he was tasked with restoring and redecorating 49 Prince’s Gate in London, then the home of Frederick Richards Leyland, a transatlantic shipping magnate. Jeckyll incorporated Dutch leather, walnut shelving and blue-and-white Chinese porcelain into the design.
Jeckyll died in 1881. In 2003, the Bard Graduate Center in New York City held the first-ever exhibition of his works. “Thomas Jeckyll: Architect and Designer” showcased 160 pieces of furniture, metalwork, textiles, architectural fragments, photographs and other elements to provide an overview of the designer’s life and career.
Jeckyll’s work continues to resonate with today’s designers and architects. David Scott Parker, in his Associated Artists gallery, carries works by Jeckyll as examples of English Aesthetic Movement furniture.
On 1stDibs, find antique Thomas Jeckyll fireplace elements, seating, tables and more.
Thomas Jeckyll, Aesthetic Movement Fire Insert, Made by Barnard Bishop & Barnard
By Barnard Bishop & Barnard, Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll. An Aesthetic Movement cast iron fire insert with stylized flower details. Made by Barnard Bishop and Barnard of Norwich. This insert takes ten standard 6 inch squar...
Iron
Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard Bishop and Barnard. A rare Aesthetic Walnut coal box
By Thomas Jeckyll, Barnard Bishop & Barnard
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard Bishop and Barnard. A rare Aesthetic Anglo-Japanese Walnut coal box with Japanese style circular devises to the front lift up flap, and treble linked circu...
Walnut
Thomas Jeckyll A rare Aesthetic Movement Walnut fire surround with butterfly's
By Thomas Jeckyll, Barnard Bishop & Barnard
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard Bishop and Barnard. A rare Aesthetic Movement Walnut fire surround, the mantel with molded edges and four ebonized panels incised with butterfly and bamboo stems and leaf...
Walnut
Pair of Anglo-Japanese Cast Iron Fire Inserts by T Jeckyll
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
An Anglo-Japanese cast iron fire insert which shows strong design similarities between Thomas Jeckyll's work for BBB and E W Godwin for S S and S...
Iron
$6,475
H 29.75 in W 29.5 in D 10 in
Modernist Custom-Made Fire Screen in Brushed Brass with Iron Mesh Grill
Located in New York, NY
This stunning modernist fire screen was custom made by artisans in New York State. It features an austere square body in brushed brass, with rectangular feet in the same material and...
Brass
Edwardian Cast Iron Fireplace Insert
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A vibrant Edwardian cast iron insert with original attractive side tiles, complete with a polished raised border and adjustable polished hood. Scottish, 1909.
Iron
Victorian Mahogany Coal Scuttle Box or Cabinet
Located in Wisbech, England
Antique quality Victorian mahogany coal scuttle box or cabinet, circa 1850. This is a lovely item, that is full of charm and character. This is a heavy q...
Wood
19th Century Cast Iron Arch Fireplace Insert
Located in London, GB
19th Century Cast Iron Arch Fireplace Insert Recently Salvaged From A London Town House. Blackened Finish With Back & Front Bars & Ash Cover. Dimension...
Iron, Wrought Iron
$2,450 / item
H 60 in W 35.5 in D 35.5 in
Steel Fire Pit Chiminea Outdoor Fireplace by Koby Knoll Click
By Koby Knoll Click
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Not your normal chiminea or fireplace. This high design, raw steel sculptural piece will make a statement in any outdoor space. Functionally, it is perfect on that cold evening, but ...
Steel
Victorian Style Arched Cast Iron Fireplace Insert
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A large Victorian style cast iron arched fireplace insert with a central high relief cartouche, a generous outer plate, complete with its original bars and ash pan...
Iron
19th Century Tiled Cast Iron Fireplace Insert
Located in London, GB
19th Century tiled cast iron fireplace insert. With adjustable canopy hood, removable front bars, bottom grate & ash pan including a very unique set of original hand painted vi...
Iron, Wrought Iron
$6,800 / item
H 24 in W 42 in D 8.75 in
Fire Screen in the Style of Rene Drouet Made to Order in Any Size
By René Drouet
Located in Highwood, IL
Custom handmade scrolling curlique fire screen. May be custom ordered any size or finish. Our metal artisan can make anything in metal you desire, just give us a call. The depth bel...
Metal
Decorative Cast Iron Victorian Fireplace Insert
Located in London, GB
A decorative cast iron Victorian fireplace insert. The outer frame with cast rope moulding, the burning area with cast foliage below and pol...
Iron
Victorian Scottish Carron of Falkirk Cast Iron Fireplace Insert
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A rare antique Victorian Scottish Carron of Falkirk cast iron fireplace insert set with Minton tiles from the Shakespeare series. A generous polished outer plate, set with different ...
Iron
Early Victorian Scottish Cast Iron Fireplace Insert
Located in Edinburgh, GB
An early 19th century Victorian Scottish cast iron insert. A medium sized insert- Scottish in origin, probably cast by Carron of Falkirk, a decorative repeating acanthus leaf pattern...
Iron
Antique Victorian Mahogany Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A handsome carved antique English mahogany fire surround, dating from the late Victorian era. Constructed from mahogany with a veneered finish, this good quality fireplace features ...
Wood, Mahogany
Antique Thomas Jeckyll Cast Iron Fireplace Insert
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in Ware, GB
Thomas Jeckyll Cast Iron Fireplace Insert A genuine Thomas Jeckyll design, this cast iron fireplace insert is a fine example of late 19th-century craftsmanship from one of the leadi...
Iron
Antique Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard & Bishop Cast Iron Insert
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in Ware, GB
Thomas Jeckyll Cast Iron Fireplace Insert A genuine Thomas Jeckyll design, this cast iron fireplace insert is a fine example of late 19th-century craftsmanship from one of the leadi...
Iron
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H 6.5 in W 57 in D 13 in
Thomas Jeckyll made by Barnard Bishop & Barnard. An Anglo-Japanese Brass Fender
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll, made by Barnard Bishop and Barnard. A rare Anglo-Japanese brass fender with pierced Japanese style decoration and adjustable air vents to the sides. This fender relat...
Brass
Thomas Jeckyll Brass Fireplace Register
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
A beautiful polished brass Thomas Jeckyll register front with black-iron reeded fire bars and guillotine drafting mechanism. From the foundry of Barnard, Bishop and Barnards, this Th...
Brass, Iron
Thomas Jeckyll Register Grate
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
From the foundry of Barnard, Bishop and Barnards, this Thomas Jeckyll register grate represents the very highest quality in Fine casting. This asymme...
Iron
Rare Anglo-Japanese Cast Iron Fire Insert Designed by Thomas Jeckyll
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
A rare Anglo-Japanese cast iron fire insert designed by Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard Bishop and Barnard. Retaining the original blue sunflower tile...
Iron
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H 36 in W 36 in D 3 in
A Rare & Important Anglo-Japanese Cast Brass Fireplace Insert by Thomas Jeckyll
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll. Made by Barnard Bishop Barnard. An extremely rare and Important Anglo-Japanese brass fireplace insert still retaining it's orig...
Brass
Large 19th Century English Oak Antique Fireplace
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A large and exquisitely carved English oak fireplace in the manner of Thomas Jeckyll, an innovative architect and designer from the Aesthetic Mov...
Oak