#williamkent

[davidwfloydart]

“Garden as though you will live forever.” - William Kent *artist unknown #gardeninglife #gardeningtime #gardeninginspiration #williamkent #lifequotes (at Catalina Foothills, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch475ysraWGWGPbzeJOBRR5_uH5yFOegVGbeso0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mia-decorative]

Two-handled cup with cover, William Kent, 1765, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture

George III two-handled covered cup William Kent, one of England's most prominent 18th century designers, designed a footed, two-handled cup for Sir Thomas Pelham in the 1740s. For the next forty years, Kent's original design was copied, enhanced, and adapted by many other artists--including John Swift, who produced this superb example. Size: 15 1/2 x 11in. (39.4 x 27.9cm) Medium: Silver, gilt

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/26356/

[cworthland]

The Morning Room at Raynham Hall, the north Norfolk seat of the Townshend family since 1622. The property was updated by William Kent at the urging of second Viscount Charles Townshend.

[carex]

Rousham has lots of stately beauty. I fell hard for this tree.

[tyneoconnell]

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One can still experience the opulence & vigour of the Baroque in its birthplace in Mayfair - walk into #Handel house on #brookstreet @handel_hendrix & you feel as well as hear & see the golden opulence ⚜️ Handel spent most of his time with his patroness, the inspirational salon hostess #DorothySavile & her husband Richard Boyle Duke of Burlington & Cork who was Handel’s lover ⚜️The three lived together for over 7 years but the Duke’s longest relationship other than his friendship with Dorothy was with #Williamkent the #eccentric #architect responsible for the Palladianisation of #Mayfair & #London in the 1730s - Kent & Richard - the Duke of Burlington & Cork & the Duchess - Dorothy Savile - spent over 30 years together at Burlington House (now Royal Accedemy) Proving the truth of Oscar Wilde’s aphorism that “in marriage threes company and two is none” 🦉Dorothy’s salons were famed as the Burlington Circle A cultural and intellectual salon that attracted writers artists and scientists including David Garrick and the Queen herself it was the premier salon before Lady Elizabeth Montague whom #LordByron crowned Queen of the “blues” ( NB only a few Victorian misogynists actually called the #eccentric #salons that served as cultural & intellectual incubators from 1603- 1939 #bluestocking #salons ) Lady Montagu set up her original #celebrity #Eccentric salon on #HillStreet #Mayfair the latter half of the 1700s before moving to her famous house designed by #RobertAdams on #PortmanSquare behind @theofficialselfridges in the 1770’s ⚜️the interior walls were covered in artworks by #AngelicaKaufmann apart from the drawing room where she hosted her salons which was lined in #peacockfeathers ⚜️🥂🍾⚜️ @muirvidler @highfashionhockey @handel_hendrix @velveteccentric (at Mayfair) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0zH1LsgCf5/?igshid=c09bh35362hs

[moujik1962]

#worldtraveler#ngv#ngvmelbourne#museums#gallery#victoria#australia#tulipiere#ribera#williamkent#oldmasterpaintings# (at National Gallery of Victoria)

[tyneoconnell]

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Oh For the days when I used to look out on #BerkeleySquare from my #mountstreet window in the 1970’s watching ladies drop their wiggies off at Jacques’s hair stylists to have them “dressed” for another night boogying at @annabelsmayfair or passing the slipper in the Claremont which were both housed at 44 Berkeley Sq back then. It was the home of the blue stocking Lady Isabella Finch Countess of Winchelsea, a courtier in the court of George I & II In 1746 the Irish playwright #davidgarrick illicitly married the Italian actress Violet in the clandestine #catholic chapel in the basement. Both were protégés of my eccentric bluestocking ancestor, Dorothy the Countess of Cork & Burlington; salonierre of the early 18th Century responsible for #Palladianising London with #WilliamKent (at Mayfair)

[derfoto]

#Repost @peter.lyden (@get_repost) ・・・ Houghton Hall was built in the 1720s for the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, and it remains one of the country's finest Palladian homes. It was, of course, a collaboration between architects Colen Campbell and James Gibbs with spectacular interiors by William Kent. @classicist_org #WilliamKent #classicaldesign #design #classicism #traditionaldesign #houghtonhall #britisharchitecture #englisharchitecture