Peacock Room

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The Peacock Room is a famed decorative interior designed by James McNeill Whistler, celebrated for its intricate blue-green and gold peacock motifs and its significance as a masterpiece of Aesthetic Movement design.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aesthetic Movement work ⓘ
artwork ⓘ
decorative interior ⓘ
access on public display at the Freer Gallery of Art ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room ⓘ
linked to: Peacock Room
artHistoricalStatus iconic example of Aesthetic interior ⓘ
artStyle Aestheticism ⓘ
associatedWith Frederick Richards Leyland–James McNeill Whistler dispute ⓘ
commissionedBy Frederick Richards Leyland ⓘ
linked to: Frederick Leyland
conservationStatus restored and preserved interior ⓘ
contains elaborately painted shutters and doors ⓘ
gilded latticework ⓘ
shelving for porcelain display ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
createdForBuilding Frederick Leyland’s house at 49 Prince’s Gate, London ⓘ
creationPeriod 1876–1877 ⓘ
currentCity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
currentCountry United States ⓘ
currentLocation Freer Gallery of Art ⓘ
Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
decorativeProgram intricate blue-green and gold peacock motifs ⓘ
depicts two fighting peacocks on the end wall ⓘ
designer James McNeill Whistler ⓘ
dominantColor blue-green ⓘ
gold ⓘ
genre interior decoration ⓘ
hasSubject Japanese and Chinese ceramics ⓘ
peacocks ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese porcelain ⓘ
Japanese art ⓘ
materialUsed gilding ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
wood paneling ⓘ
motif feathers ⓘ
oriental ceramics ⓘ
peacock ⓘ
movement Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
linked to: Aestheticism
museumCollection Freer Gallery of Art collection ⓘ
originalFunction dining room ⓘ
display room for Chinese porcelain ⓘ
originalLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
owner Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
patron Frederick Richards Leyland ⓘ
linked to: Frederick Leyland
relatedWork James McNeill Whistler’s Nocturnes ⓘ
significance landmark of interior decorative art ⓘ
masterpiece of Aesthetic Movement design ⓘ
yearCompleted 1877 ⓘ

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Freer Gallery of Art → notableFor → Peacock Room ⓘ
James McNeill Whistler → notableWork → Peacock Room ⓘ
The Davenport Hotel → hasBar → The Peacock Room Lounge ⓘ
linked to: Peacock Room
Peacock Room → alsoKnownAs → Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room ⓘ
linked to: Peacock Room
Frederick Leyland → notableWork → Peacock Room (as commissioner) ⓘ
linked to: Peacock Room
Frederick Leyland → commissioned → Peacock Room ⓘ
Frederick Richards Leyland–James McNeill Whistler dispute → concernsWork → Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room ⓘ
linked to: Peacock Room
Frederick Richards Leyland–James McNeill Whistler dispute → hasSubject → Peacock Room decoration scheme ⓘ
linked to: Peacock Room