Fireplace Mantels & Surrounds · Tudor & Tudor Revival
Chimneypiece in the Ballroom, Knole House (published 1894)
A plate from J. Alfred Gotch's Architecture of the Renaissance in England (1894) showing the chimneypiece in the ballroom at Knole, Kent, an outstanding early 17th-century interior.
Design characteristics
Knole is one of the largest houses in England, and its early 17th-century state rooms are full of carved and painted woodwork. The ballroom chimneypiece shown here combines stone and carved detail in the Renaissance manner, with classical orders and dense ornament. Gotch's books, illustrated with photographs, were standard references for architects of the Tudor and Jacobean Revivals.
Classification
- Category
- Fireplace Mantels & Surrounds
- Material
- Carved wood
- Motifs
- Strapwork
- Photograph
- 1894
- Photographer
- Charles Latham (1847-1912) photographer; Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred), 1852-1942 book author
- Evidence
- Photograph of a documented interior or object
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Architectural context
Dark oak paneling, linenfold, strapwork and heavy plank doors. England · original c. 1485–1603; revival c. 1890–1940.
