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The Art and Architecture of Royal London July 30–August 7, 2020 Gold State Coach St. George's Hall, Windsor Castle Greenwich Kensington Palace Hampton Court Palace or centuries the River Thames was the king’s highway— Queen Anne of Denmark. At the Restoration, Charles II instructed tour of the royal retreat Frogmore House, built in the 17th c. and linking the many palaces of the British monarchs. In later architect Christopher Wren to build a home for the Royal purchased in 1792 by George III for Queen Charlotte, in Windsor centuries, monarchs sought refuge in retreats away from Astronomer, now the spot where Greenwich Mean Time sets the Great Park and the nearby Savill Garden. In the evening, we will Fthe river. The Royal Touch: The Art and Architecture of Royal world’s clocks. After the Glorious Revolution of 1688, Queen Mary have a special private tour of the Windsor Castle State Rooms, London examines, through carefully curated visits to some nine II instructed Wren to design the Royal Naval Hospital whose primarily the creation of George IV. royal residences, the evolution of these world famous icons of original buildings remain. We relax over lunch at the Parkside August 5 –Ian Godfrey will again be our guide as we visit monarchy. This tour examines the palaces and castles in the Terrace of the National Maritime Museum. Westminster Abbey. Site of every coronation since 1066, the church context of political, royal family, and architectural history, the August 2 –Sunday finds us in Kensington to enjoy a morning was founded by Edward the Confessor but rebuilt by Henry III in the shaping influence of royal architects Inigo Jones, Christopher tour of the State Rooms of Kensington Palace, exhibitions of Anglo-French Gothic style in the mid-13th c, with the highest Gothic Wren, and John Nash, the significance of court ceremony, and the Queen Victoria’s birth and early girlhood there, and Princess nave in Great Britain. The tombs of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen sovereigns’ appetite for collecting, amassing the world’s largest Diana’s couture. Originally developed by Wren for William and of Scots are especially magnificent. Following our tour, we will visit royal collection. Add to these visits chapels, tombs, gardens, and Mary, Kensington Palace was redeveloped and redecorated for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries high above the ground in public monuments, and you will gain a rich understanding of the the Hanoverians by William Kent whose painted interiors are the Triforium, opened in June 2018 by HM the Queen and the Prince ways the institution of monarchy has created the London beloved intact. The palace has been home to scores of “royals.” Lunch will of Wales. After lunch, we will visit the home of HRH the Prince of by, well, almost everyone! follow in the Orangery Pavilion. Then a garden walk will include Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall at Clarence House on The Mall. July 30 – Arrive at No. 4 St. James’s Square, once the home of Lord the White Garden, in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales and Sir Constituting the southwest corner of St. James’s Palace, Clarence and Lady Astor and now In and Out, for a privileged stay at one Gilbert Scott’s Albert Memorial, the nation’s grand Gothic Revival House was designed by architect John Nash for the 3rd son of George of London’s famous private clubs. In the afternoon meet a curator memorial to Queen Victoria’s Prince Consort. Free afternoon. III, the Duke of Clarence. During his brief reign (1830-37) as William of the Royal Collection for “Some Royal Introductions” at the August 3 –After breakfast, a private coach will take us to Hampton IV, he and his consort Queen Adelaide continued to live at Clarence National Portrait Gallery and an introduction to the St. James’s Court Palace, upriver from London, where guide Anne Crack House. Although greatly altered, Prince Charles has retained much precinct. Later, after drinks in the Canning Bar, we will have our will lead a private tour of Henry VIII’s splendid palace, later of his grandmother’s interiors and collections in honor of her 50-year Welcome Dinner at nearby Villandry on Waterloo Place. significantly altered by Wren for William and Mary in the 1690’s. residence there until her death in 2002. July 31–A leisurely morning walk across St. James’s Park for a private Following lunch in the Fountain Café, a tour of the gardens as August 6 –Our touring concludes with the piece de resistance— tour of the Palace of Westminster, last occupied by King Henry VIII, well as the Orangery where Mantegna’s Triumph of Caesar the State Rooms of The Queen’s official London residence, now the British Houses of Parliament. Westminster Hall dates series, still hanging in its original position, marked an early Buckingham Palace. This magnificent suite of rooms was designed from 1097 and has witnessed significant moments in the monarchy acquisition in Charles I’s collection of some 1500 paintings and for George IV by his favorite architect John Nash and furnished with for centuries—from Charles I’s trial for treason to the lying-in-state 500 sculptures before his execution. Other treasures of the Royal his exquisite collection of French furniture. Our visit to the palace of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 2002. Following Collection will be seen throughout the visit. concludes with a private excursion in the Palace Garden with a a casual lunch on your own at the Jubilee Café, we will walk up August 4–Built by William I (the Conqueror), Windsor Castle member of staff—a rare glimpse into one of London’s most private Whitehall to architect Inigo Jones’s Banqueting House (1619), the is the oldest occupied royal residence. Arriving by private coach gardens. Evening festivities will start with drinks in the Canning Bar remaining hall of Whitehall Palace, once the largest royal palace in from London, we will be guided by Ian Godfrey on a morning visit and continue with an elegant dinner in the club’s Astor Room. Europe. Here the magnificent Italianate architecture is enhanced by to St. George’s Chapel, the chapel of the highest chivalric order August 7 –“The Royal Touch” officially concludes after breakfast. the 1636 ceiling paintings by baroque artist Sir Peter Paul Rubens. of the realm, The Order of the Garter. It is also the burial place Members of the group who wish to spend a weekend in London August 1–Saturday takes us to Greenwich, a World Heritage Site for Henry VIII, the executed Charles I, George VI and Queen following the tour may make arrangements through Art and layered in royal history—from the birth of Henry VIII and Elizabeth Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret. After Architecture Tours LLC to extend their stay at an additional cost. I to Inigo Jones’s 1616-36 Queen’s House, begun for James I’s free lunch time in the town of Windsor, we will have a private Page 1 of 2 The Art and Architecture of Royal London July 30–August 7, 2020 Cost and Conditions RESERVATIONS for Art and Architecture of Royal London Per Person (double occupancy): $4595 Single Supplement: $800 NAME OF FIRST TRAVELER The tour includes eight (8) nights’ accommodation (July 30-August 7) at the Naval and Military Club (In and Out), non-cooked breakfasts, Welcome Reception and Dinner, NAME OF SECOND TRAVELER Farewell Cocktails and Dinner, three lunches, all entrance fees, private coach transport to Greenwich, Hampton, and Windsor, expert guiding, and tips throughout. This tour ADDRESS is limited to twenty (20) participants. CITY STATE ZIP A deposit of $1295 will hold your place in this tour, with final payment in full due by April 1, 2020. Please return your registration form to 4308 Monument Park, Richmond, TELEPHONE Virginia 23230, or scan and email to [email protected]. Payment by check or credit card. Checks should be made payable to Art and Architecture Tours LLC. Payment by credit card carries a 4% service fee. EMAIL Pricing is based on foreign currency exchange rates as of July 1, 2019. While we do not I acknowledge and accept the Terms outlined in this tour offer. expect a significant change in exchange rates, we reserve the right to adjust the fee to maintain the standard of the tour should a substantial change in the exchange rate SIGNATURE DATE occur. Participants will be notified by July 1, 2020, should an adjustment be necessary. Art and Architecture Tours LLC acts as an agent in arranging a variety of tour services I WISH TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT FOR PERSON(S). and is not responsible for damages due to acts or defaults on the part of any of these service providers. 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    GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 21.07.2009 12:23 Uhr Seite 1 GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 09.07.2009 11:57 Uhr Seite 2 GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 09.07.2009 11:57 Uhr Seite 3 CLASSIC DESIGN FOR CONTEMPORARY INTERIORS With contributions by Stephen Calloway, Jean Gomm, Tim Gosling and Jürgen Huber Foreword by Tim Knox, Director, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London Photography by Ray Main PRESTEL MUNICH BERLIN LONDON NEW YORK GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 09.07.2009 11:57 Uhr Seite 4 GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 09.07.2009 11:57 Uhr Seite 5 GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 09.07.2009 11:57 Uhr Seite 6 GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 09.07.2009 11:57 Uhr Seite 7 GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 09.07.2009 11:57 Uhr Seite 8 GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 09.07.2009 11:57 Uhr Seite 9 GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 09.07.2009 11:57 Uhr Seite 10 GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 21.07.2009 12:23 Uhr Seite 11 Foreword 13 1 The Classical Tradition 14 2 Space, Scale and Light 24 3 Commissioning 42 4 The Art and Craft of Luxury marquetry · mirror and glass · vellum · shagreen · leather lacquer · gilding · eglomise · inlays · accessories 52 5 The Art of Technology 170 6 Contemporary Design in Classic Interiors 192 Keepers of the Flame: Expert Craftsmen 216 Contributors 217 Selected Bibliography 218 Acknowledgements and Photo Credits 220 Index 221 GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 09.07.2009 11:57 Uhr Seite 12 GOSLING_pp01-13.v2:Layout 3 09.07.2009 11:57 Uhr Seite 13 Foreword direct link between today’s designers and craftsmen and their Acounterparts in the past is an important one.