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 Peacock Room
surface form: Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room
artHistoricalStatus iconic example of Aesthetic interior
artStyle Aestheticism
associatedWith Frederick Richards Leyland–James McNeill Whistler dispute
commissionedBy Frederick Leyland
surface form: Frederick Richards Leyland
conservationStatus restored and preserved interior
contains elaborately painted shutters and doors
gilded latticework
shelving for porcelain display
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
createdForBuilding Prince's Gate, South Kensington, London
surface form: Frederick Leyland’s house at 49 Prince’s Gate, London
creationPeriod 1876–1877
currentCity Washington, D.C.
currentCountry United States of America
surface form: 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 Aestheticism
surface form: Aesthetic Movement
museumCollection Freer Gallery of Art
surface form: Freer Gallery of Art collection
originalFunction dining room
display room for Chinese porcelain
originalLocation London, England
surface form: London
owner Smithsonian Institution
patron Frederick Leyland
surface form: Frederick Richards Leyland
relatedWork Nocturnes by James McNeill Whistler
surface form: 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 Peacock Room
this entity surface form: The Peacock Room Lounge
Peacock Room alsoKnownAs Peacock Room
this entity surface form: Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room