JAMES WYATT

S ibyl C olefax & John Fowler
and
T he G eorgian G roup
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J A M E S W YAT T
A RC H I T E C T T O T H E C ROW N
A N D DE SIGN E R OF COM PL ET E I N T E R IOR S
a n ex h ibit ion at
39 Brook Street, London W1K 4JE
Tuesd ay, 19 t h November – Fr id ay, 6 t h D ec ember 2 0 1 3
9. 3 0 a m – 5 . 3 0 pm
Mond ay to Fr id ay
Ad m ission Free
J A M E S W YAT T
A RC H I T E C T T O T H E C ROW N
A N D DE SIGN E R OF COM PL ET E I N T E R IOR S
An exhibition at Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler,
39 Brook Street, London W1K 4JE
A master of space, form and composition, James Wyatt
was one of the most accomplished and fashionable of late
18th century English architects. He extensively remodelled
Windsor Castle for George III, and other significant
commissions included Fonthill Abbey, Goodwood House,
Heaton Hall, Castle Coole and Heveningham Hall.
The focus of the exhibition is the furniture that Wyatt
designed specifically to complement the interiors he
created at Heveningham.
A selection of these pieces,
which are not currently on public view elsewhere, will
be on show together with other items designed for
Heveningham, Wyatt’s original working drawings and one
of his spectacular architectural models.
James Wyatt came from a distinguished family of builders
and architects. His nephew and pupil was Jeffry Wyatt
(later Sir Jeffry Wyatville) who altered and extended 39 Brook Street, where the exhibition is
to be held, as his home and office. (The building is a rare surviving Grade II* example of a
Regency architect’s house.) Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler moved to the premises in 1944 and
in the late 1950s John Fowler redecorated Wyatville’s upper floor gallery as a drawing room for
Nancy Lancaster, who then owned the company. The resulting much celebrated Yellow Room
is the setting for the exhibition.
The curator of the exhibition is Dr John Martin Robinson, architectural historian and foremost
expert on the Wyatt architectural dynasty. He is author of a recently published and beautifully
illustrated book, James Wyatt, Architect to George III, which has received great critical acclaim
and will be on sale during the exhibition. Also on sale will be watercolours by Royston Jones
and postcards and tea towels featuring designs of commissions and furniture by James Wyatt.
With thanks to
(Overleaf): James Wyatt, design for Queen Charlotte’s cottage at Little Frogmore, Windsor, 1792 (unexecuted)
© Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
(Above): J.C.F. Rossi, bust of James Wyatt, Surveyor General, 1797 © RIBA Drawings Collection
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