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.
19th Century Neoclassical Style Brass Fender
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century heavy brass fender in the Neoclassical style with barley twist toprail and cast brass foliate panels with swag and acanthus leaf decoration, divided by simple baulistere...
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Vintage Regency Brass Swag Fireplace Fender
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Frame your hearth with the timeless grandeur of this exquisite vintage Hollywood Regency style fireplace fender. Masterfully crafted from rich, warm brass, this piece showcases excep...
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A Solid Brass Fireplace Fender, c. 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
Constructed of a solid brass frame cast in parts and embossed with acanthus leaves. The central fender is flanked by stepped pedestals topped by solid brass lions connected by a central bar, also of solid brass. The overall design is neo-classical and dates to the Napoleon III period of the mid-to-late 19th Century. The piece appears to have been cleaned regularly, with only modest amounts of soot accumulating in the center directly in front of the firebox. The classical details are handsomely set off by unadorned surfaces, making this antique fireplace fender...
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English Brass Fireplace Fender
Located in Stamford, CT
A rare English brass fireplace fender in a twig or branch motif from the mid-19th century.
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19th Century English Regency Brass Fireplace Fender
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant brass fireplace fender in the English Regency Style. In excellent antique condition with minimal wear, some dents due to age related wear. Can be parcel posted.
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Bronze Fire Fender
Located in Stamford, CT
A magnificent English urn and swag form bronze fire fender.
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Early 20th Century Renaissance Revival Style Brass Fire Fender
Located in Germantown, MD
An Early 20th Century Renaissance Revival Style Solid Brass Fire Fender Measures 49" in width, 9.25" in depth and 7.25" in height.
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19th Century George III Engraved Brass Fire Fender
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century George III engraved brass fire fender featuring floral and dragon motifs
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19th Century, French Gilt Bronze Fireplace Fender
Located in IT
19th Century, French Gilt Bronze Fireplace Fender Initials "B.d." on the back Dimensions: W 112 x H 26 x D 7. Maximum W 128 cm This refined fireplace fender was made in France in th...
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Classical 19th C. Brass Fireplace Fender
By Christopher Dresser
Located in New York, NY
Classical Victorian, Aesthetic Movement brass fireplace fender. The fender features two repeating brass rails, with decorative fluted ball spaces. late 19th century vintage, this e...
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