Thomas Jeckyll (1827 - 1881)

walnut and glass, the bevelled mirrors flanked by columns and carved and stained panels in the Japanese style, the side sections with small protruding shelves

Alexander Constantine Ionides, 1 Holland Park, London
Thence by descent to Mrs P. Hotchkis
Thomas Stainton
Charles and Lavinia Handley-Read
Private Collection

Gleeson White, 'An Epoch-Making House', The Studio, vol. 12 (1898), pp. 102-112

An attractive piece in good overall condition. Some minor old marks and scratches to the frame. Piece appears to have been repolished. Silvering to the mirror with some general wear, such as to the left-hand panel, which has several areas of significant loss. Elegant and ready for use and display.
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This overmantel formed part of Jeckyll's furnishings of 1 Holland Park, where it was installed in the master bedroom. A desk and a bedside cabinet from the same commission are now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the interior decoration was the subject of a glowing review by Gleeson White ('An Epoch-Making House', The Studio, vol. 12 [1898], pp. 102-112).
Among Jeckyll's other major commissions was the dining room at Frederick Leyland's house in Prince's Gate, afterwards made famous by James McNeill Whistler's 'Peacock' decoration.