Style Guide: Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival was the most influential style of the 19th century. Designs were based on forms and patterns used in the Middle Ages. Serious study was combined with a more fanciful, romantic vision of Medieval chivalry and romance. A wide range of religious, civic and domestic buildings were built and furnished in the Gothic Revival style, which flourished from 1830 to 1900.

  • Clock



    Bruce James Talbert
    About 1865
    Painted wood with wrought and painted ironwork and painted brass
    Museum no. W.2-1985

  • Cabinet



    Richard Norman Shaw (designer)
    James Forsyth (maker)
    James Leaver (metal-worker)
    1861
    Oak, inlaid with satinwood, rosewood, walnut, bird's-eye maple and oak, partially painted, with steel hinge
    Museum no. CIRC.96:1 to 12-1963

  • Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament



    Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
    1851
    Pencil with blue, red, brown, yellow, green and pink washes on paper
    Museum no. D.733-1908

  • The Yatman Cabinet



    William Burges (designer)
    Edward John Poynter (painter)
    Harland and Fisher (maker)
    1858
    Pine and mahogany, painted and stencilled, with gilding and metal leaf; iron lock and hinges
    Museum no. CIRC.217:1, 2-1961

  • King René's Honeymoon Cabinet



    John Pollard Seddon (designer)
    Ford Madox Brown (artist)
    Dante Gabriel Rossetti (artist)
    William Morris (artist)
    Edward Coley Burne-Jones (artist)
    Val Prinsep (artist)
    Seddon & Sons (cabinet maker)
    Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (designers, decorators)
    1861
    Oak, inlaid with various woods, with painted metalwork and painted panels
    Musuem no. W.10:1 to 28-1927

  • Vase



    Henry Stacy Marks (designer)
    William Stephen Coleman (designer)
    Minton & Co. (maker)
    1877
    Earthenware, painted
    Museum no. C.54-1915

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