<![CDATA[The Peacock Room]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/browse/tag/Andiron?output=rss2 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:59:42 +0000 libwebmaster@wayne.edu (The Peacock Room) Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Sunflower andirons]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3071

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Title

Sunflower andirons

Description

Andiron
These cast- and wrought-iron andirons, designed by Thomas Jeckyll, take the form of the sunflower, one of the floral emblems of the Aesthetic Movement. The design was likely created specifically for Frederick Leyland's dining room at 49 Prince's Gate in London, though the andirons eventually became commercially available through the Norwich firm of Barnard, Bishop & Barnards. The company's 1878 catalogue offered them in wrought-iron or polished wrought-brass. This pair, which were acquired by the Freer in 1980, are not original to the room, but are virtually identical. The Leylands' andirons, like these, were gilded. Legend has it that those at Prince's Gate may have originally been brass, and that Whistler later gilded them as part of his total redecoration of the room between 1876 and 1877.

Creator

Thomas Jeckyll (1827-1881)

Date

ca. 1878-84

Contributor

Purchase

Format

Iron
HxWxD: 85.1 x 28.0 x 52.8 cm

Identifier

FSC-M-66a-b
http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/FSC-M-66a-b.jpg

Coverage

1
North
Norwich
England

Freer

Label Text

These cast- and wrought-iron andirons, designed by Thomas Jeckyll, take the form of the sunflower, one of the floral emblems of the Aesthetic Movement. The design was likely created specifically for Frederick Leyland's dining room at 49 Prince's Gate in London, though the andirons eventually became commercially available through the Norwich firm of Barnard, Bishop & Barnards. The company's 1878 catalogue offered them in wrought-iron or polished wrought-brass. This pair, which were acquired by the Freer in 1980, are not original to the room, but are virtually identical. The Leylands' andirons, like these, were gilded. Legend has it that those at Prince's Gate may have originally been brass, and that Whistler later gilded them as part of his total redecoration of the room between 1876 and 1877.

Object Name

Andiron

Dated

ca. 1878-84

Medium

Iron

Dimensions

HxWxD: 85.1 x 28.0 x 52.8 cm

City

Norwich

Country

England

Credit Line

Purchase

Iteration

1

Wall

North

Artist

Thomas Jeckyll (1827-1881)

Title

Sunflower andirons

Object Number

FSC-M-66a-b

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/FSC-M-66a-b.jpg

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