Name: Somerset House, London - Mirrored Pair by Timothy Richards UK
Brand: Timothy Richards
SKU: MPSOM
Price: 599.95 AUD
Availability: OutOfStock

Somerset House, London – Mirrored Pair by Timothy Richards UK

$599.95

Somerset House is a large Neoclassical complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. The Georgian quadrangle, which was built on the site of a Tudor palace belonging to the Duke of Somerset, was designed by Sir William Chambers in 1776. It was further extended with Victorian outer wings to the east and west in 1831 and 1856 respectively. Somerset House stood directly on the River Thames until the Victoria Embankment was built in the late 1860s.[4]

The Georgian structure was built to be a grand public building housing various government and public-benefit society offices. Its present tenants are a mixture of various organisations, generally centred around the arts and education.

Original Building Detail

Building: Somerset House
Location: Strand, London
Use: Various
Designed: Sir William Chambers
Construction: Began 1776. Completed 1780 (North Wing); 1786 (Riverside Wing); 1788 (East and West Wing)

Handmade in the UK

Dimensions: 330mm x 203mm x 64 mm
Material: British gypsum plaster.
Made in: Bath
Weight: 5.0kg
Note: As this is a handmade product specification may vary.

Imported by: Finch & Lane Interiors 202 High Street Ashburton VIC 3147; we ship Tim Richards Architectural Models Australia wide.

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Description

Somerset House, Oxford – Mirrored Pair – Bookends by Timothy Richards UK

About Timothy Richards

For over 30 years, Timothy has been creating miniature architectural works for customers worldwide; he is still the only person globally making this type of work. The models are handmade in Bath by skilled artisans using British gypsum plaster.

Origins
This quality of plasterwork dates back to Jean-Pierre Fouquet who produced some of the finest plaster models in Paris around the 1820s. In Oxford in 1823 two patrons of the arts considered them so important that they raised a subscription to buy a large number. The Fouquet models were prominently displayed in glass cases in the picture gallery of the University’s Bodleian Library.

Education remains at the heart of Tim’s models, and they will stand the test of time; he has produced over 200 commissions in over 30 years with some of his more extensive works fetching as much as $400,000.

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