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dc.coverage.spatialSite: London, England, United Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1818-1819 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorWare, Samuelen_US
dc.date1818-1819en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-09T19:23:14Z
dc.date.available2013-01-09T19:23:14Z
dc.date.issued1818-1819en_US
dc.identifier181800en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2110en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/88418
dc.descriptionView looking south down the arcade, from near the north entrance; 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)en_US
dc.format.mediumglass; cast iron; wooden_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectcityscapeen_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectVictorianen_US
dc.titleBurlington Arcadeen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-E-L-BA-A2en_US
vra.culturalContextBritishen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeshopping arcadeen_US
dc.contributor.displaySamuel Ware (British architect, 1781-1860)en_US


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