Mantelpieces

NOTES: This image is from an album of photographs, cuttings and sketches recording the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens whilst practising from 16 Onslow Square, London SW7 between 1889 and 1893.

NOTES: Houghton Hall, built for Sir Robert Walpole, was begun in 1722 to designs by Colen Campbell under the supervision of T. Ripley. It was completed in 1735 with some modifications to the towers in 1725-1728 by James Gibbs and to the interiors by William Kent in 1726-1731.

SOURCE: Architects', surveyors' and engineers' compendium, 6th annual issue (London, 1892), p. 72

SOURCE: Inigo Jones, The designs of Inigo Jones (London, 1727), vol. 1, pl. 63

SOURCE: Inigo Jones, The designs of Inigo Jones (London, 1727), vol. 1, pl. 64 NOTES: Houghton Hall, built for Sir Robert Walpole, was begun in 1722 to designs by Colen Campbell under the supervision of T. Ripley. It was completed in 1735 with some modifications to the towers in 1725-1728 by James Gibbs and to the interiors by William Kent in 1726-1731.

NOTES: The 14th century chapel was converted into main living rooms in c. 1570. The plaster ceiling and fireplace seen in the photograph date from this period.

SOURCE: Chippendale's one hundred and thirty-three designs of interior decorations in the Old French & antique styles (London, 1834), pl. 6 NOTES: Despite the attribution to Chippendale, all the designs were by Thomas Johnson.