Un cardo dorato che simboleggia la Scozia: Dettaglio dorato dello schermo Tijou in ferro battuto a Hampton Court, l'ex palazzo reale nel borgo londinese di Richmond-upon-Thames, Inghilterra, Regno Unito. I 12 pannelli di metallo ornato che costeggiano il Tamigi furono creati nel 1690 dal maestro fabbro ugonotto francese Jean Tijou (c.1650 - c.1712) per i nuovi monarchi congiunti Guglielmo III e maggio II
2822 x 2822 px | 23,9 x 23,9 cm | 9,4 x 9,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
30 settembre 2010
Ubicazione:
Hampton Court, East Molesey, Surrey, England, UK
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Hampton Court Palace, in the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, England, UK: a gilded thistle, a symbol of Scotland, amongst the intricate metalwork details of the Tijou Screen, 12 panels of ornate wrought iron at Hampton Court, the former royal palace by the River Thames. They were designed in 1690 by French Huguenot master blacksmith Jean Tijou for England's new joint monarchs, William III and Mary II, and were installed in the Fountain Garden in 1701, before being moved to the southern or river end of the re-created Privy Garden. Beyond the screen in this view from the riverbank is the stately Baroque palace designed in 1689 by architect Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) to house state rooms and private apartments for the new king and queen. Wren's design hugely extended the original Tudor palace built in the early 1500s. Jean Tijou (c.1650 - c.1712) arrived in England in about 1689, winning the patronage of William and Mary. Away from Hampton Court, he made screens and grilles for London's St Paul's Cathedral and also worked at Kensington Palace and at grand country houses such as Easton Neston, Burghley and Marlborough. At Chatsworth, his legacy includes a grand staircase balustrade and the Golden Gates. Tijou's designs and technique of overlaying iron structures with lavish Baroque sheet metal greatly influenced English metalworking. His 'A new Booke of Drawings, Invented and Desined by John Tijou', published in 1693, was the first English book on ironwork. The Tijou Screen at Hampton Court has been stripped, repaired, repainted and re-gilded many times, although modern research has revealed that the ironwork was originally painted grey. No trace of gold was found among samples of the original layers and since Tijou's day, his screens have sometimes been painted dark green or black. D1113.B3294
