Zodiac settle

Zodiac Settle
Zodiac settle
DesignerWilliam Burges
Date1869-1871
Made inLondon, England
MaterialsOak, carved, painted and gilt
Style / traditionHigh Victorian Gothic,
Pre-Raphaelite
Sold byAuberon Waugh
Height187.5 cm
Width216 cm
Depth51 cm
CollectionThe Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford

The Zodiac settle is a piece of painted furniture designed by the English architect and designer William Burges and made between 1869 and 1871. A wooden settle designed with Zodiac themes, it was made for Burges' rooms at Buckingham Street, and later moved to the drawing room of The Tower House, the home that he designed for himself in Holland Park. Burges desired to fill his home with furniture "covered with paintings, both ornaments and subjects; it not only did its duty as furniture, but spoke and told a story."[1] At one stage the poet John Betjeman gave the settle to the novelist Evelyn Waugh, and it is now in the collection of The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum in Bedford.[2] [3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ArtCoun was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Zodiac Settle by William Burges". Art Fund. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Case 4 (2010-11): A zodiac settle designed by William Burges. Expert Adviser's Statement" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2017.