Fireplace Surround
Thomas Jeckyll
c. 1875
Medium
Cast iron
Dimensions
97 × 92 × 5.7 cm (38 1/8 × 36 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
Classification
ironwork
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
181811
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Throughout the 1870s, Thomas Jeckyll designed a variety of Japonesque fireplace surrounds for the Norwich iron manufactory Barnard, Bishop and Barnards. The design for this surround was registered in 1874. Surrounds like this were so popular that the firm and designer opted to stamp this version with their emblematic signatures embedded within the design. This helped to ensure authenticity in a period when designs were still widely copied by competing manufactories. The design utilizes circular ...