Baroque in EnglandThe Restoration

Restoration – Charles II

Ham House, begun 1610

Great Hall, Ham House

The Duchess’s Bedchamber, Ham House

Great Fire of London 1666

The old St. Paul’s Cathedral before 1666

- St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, Sir Christopher Wren, 1675-1720

St. Paul’s, South wall, note carving by Grinling Gibbons

Interior, St. Paul’s, Christopher Wren, Baroque, England

King Charles II, of England

William III (William of Orange) and Mary II, Joint sovereigns, 1689-1702

Hampton Court Palace, new and old portions of the building

Hampton Court Palace - New wing by Christopher Wren for William & Mary, begun 1689

Hampton Court, Kings Staircase,

paintings by Verrio

Queen’s Drawing Room, paintings by Verrio

Queen Mary’s Bedchamber, Hampton Court

Blenheim Palace, John Vanbrugh, English Baroque

Blenheim Palace, John Vanbrugh, English Baroque

Chatsworth – rebuilt beginning 1687

Interior Court, Chatsworth

Great Hall, Chatsworth

Interior of the apartment for the king and bed of state, Chatsworth

Interior with Spanish Leather on the walls, Chatsworth

Grinling Gibbons carving

Furniture and Furnishings

William and Mary Armchair and Side Chair

Charles II, or Carolean Period, Side Chair

Early Queen Anne

“Easie” Chair or Invalid’s Chair, Charles II or Carolean

Period

State Bed for Melville designed by Daniel Marot

Porcelain Room by Daniel Marot

Baroque chest on Chest,Architectural Form, Cornice, Bun feet

Note marquetry andNo carved ornament

Chest on Stand with Seaweed and Oyster Marquetry

Oystering, a type of Marquetry, used on a chest of drawers

Chest on Stand, William and Mary,Baroque, English

Japanning – and Lacquer work

Chest on Chest, Double Bonnet, William and Mary, Baroque, England

First George Room, Burghley House,

Baroque, England