Thomas Jeckyll
Made by William Holland and Sons
Further images
COLLECTION OF THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE
COLLECTION OF THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE
Provenance
Commissioned by Alexander Aleco Ionides, for one of the bedrooms at 1 Holland Park, London, ca. 1875 - The commode probably remained in the house at least until 1908 when Alexander’s wife Isabella Sechiari sold the house and moved to Surrey - Possibly by descent to her daughter Penelope, and her husband Robert Hotchkiss, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 1913-1946 - The commode remained untraced for most of the XXth century - Private collection, Yorkshire, UK, until 2021 - David Duggleby Auctioneers, August 14th 2021, lot 1171 (described as a XXth century oriental cabinet).
Literature
Susan Weber Soros and Catherine Arbuthnott, Thomas Jeckyll, Architect and Designer, 1827-1881, Yale University Press, New York, 2003 page 168, figure 5-1 (for the example in the collection of the The Victoria and Albert Museum).
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