Burlington Arcade
Ware, Samuel
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Date
1818-1819Description
View looking up, depicting skylights and roof structure; The Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade in London that runs behind Bond Street from Piccadilly through to Burlington Gardens. It is one of the precursors of the mid-19th century European shopping gallery and the modern shopping centre. The Burlington Arcade was built "for the sale of jewellery and fancy articles of fashionable demand, for the gratification of the public". The arcade was built to the order of Lord George Cavendish, younger brother of the 5th Duke of Devonshire, who had inherited the adjacent Burlington House, on what had been the side garden of the house. His architect was Samuel Ware. The Arcade opened in 1819. It consisted of a single straight top-lit walkway lined with seventy-two small two storey units. Some of the units have now been combined, reducing the number of shops to around forty. The ponderous Piccadilly façade in a late version of Victorian Mannerism was added in the early 20th century. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/16/2010)
Type of Work
shopping arcadeSubject
business, commerce and trade, cityscape, Nineteenth century, Victorian
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