Editing Gothic Revival architecture (section)

==Gothic Revival in the other decorative arts==
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[[File:Abbotsford House Study Room.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|The study at [[Abbotsford, Scottish Borders|Abbotsford]], created for [[Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]] whose novels popularised the [[Medieval]] period from which the Gothic Revival drew its inspiration]]

The revived Gothic style was not limited to architecture. Classical Gothic buildings of the 12th to 16th Centuries were a source of inspiration to 19th-century designers in numerous fields of work. Architectural elements such as pointed arches, steep-sloping roofs and fancy carvings like lace and lattice work were applied to a wide range of Gothic Revival objects. Some examples of Gothic Revival influence can be found in heraldic motifs in coats of arms, furniture with elaborate painted scenes like the whimsical Gothic detailing in English furniture is traceable as far back as [[Henrietta Louisa Fermor|Lady Pomfret]]'s house in Arlington Street, London (1740s),{{sfn|Lindfield|2016|p=78}} and Gothic fretwork in chairbacks and glazing patterns of bookcases is a familiar feature of [[Thomas Chippendale|Chippendale]]'s ''Director'' (1754, 1762), where, for example, the three-part bookcase employs Gothic details with Rococo profusion, on a symmetrical form.<ref name=VAM>{{cite web |publisher=[[Victoria and Albert Museum]] |title=Style Guide: Gothic Revival |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/style-guide-gothic-revival/ |access-date=6 May 2020 |location=London, United Kingdom}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/thomas-chippendale/|title=Thomas Chippendale|publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum|date=26 November 2012|website=www.vam.ac.uk}}</ref> [[Abbotsford, Scottish Borders|Abbotsford]] in the [[Scottish Borders]], rebuilt from 1816 by [[Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]] and paid for by the profits from his hugely successful, historical novels, exemplifies the "Regency Gothic" style.{{efn|Sir Walter Scott's novels popularised the Medieval period and their influence went well beyond architecture. The historian [[Robert Bartlett (historian)|Robert Bartlett]] notes that, at one point in the mid-19th century, four different stage adaptations of ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' were running simultaneously in London theatres, and nine separate operas were based on the work.{{sfn|Bartlett|2001|p=14}}}}{{sfn|Lindfield|2016|p=224}} Gothic Revival also includes the reintroduction of medieval clothes and dances in historical re-enactments staged especially in the second part of the 19th century, although one of the first, the [[Eglinton Tournament]] of 1839, remains the most famous.{{sfn|Anstruther|1963|loc=preface}}

During the [[Bourbon Restoration in France]] (1814–1830) and the [[Louis-Philippe]] period (1830–1848), Gothic Revival motifs start to appear, together with revivals of the [[Renaissance]] and of [[Rococo]]. During these two periods, the vogue for medieval things led craftsmen to adopt Gothic decorative motifs in their work, such as bell [[Turret (architecture)|turrets]], lancet arches, [[trefoil]]s, Gothic tracery and [[rose window]]s. This style was also known as "Cathedral style" ("À la catédrale").{{sfn|Graur|1970|p=233}}{{sfn|Chadenet|2001|pp=116-117,138}}

By the mid-19th century, Gothic traceries and niches could be inexpensively re-created in [[wallpaper]], and Gothic blind arcading could decorate a ceramic pitcher. Writing in 1857, [[John Gregory Crace (designer)|J. G. Crace]], an influential decorator from a family of influential interior designers, expressed his preference for the Gothic style: "In my opinion there is no quality of lightness, elegance, richness or beauty possessed by any other style... [or] in which the principles of sound construction can be so well carried out".{{sfn|Beard|1985|p=72}} The illustrated catalogue for the [[Great Exhibition]] of 1851 is replete with Gothic detail, from lacemaking and carpet designs to heavy machinery. [[Nikolaus Pevsner|Nikolaus Pevsner's]] volume on the exhibits at the Great Exhibition, ''High Victorian Design'' published in 1951, was an important contribution to the academic study of [[Victorian era|Victorian]] taste and an early indicator of the later 20th century rehabilitation of Victorian architecture and the objects with which they decorated their buildings.{{sfn|Pevsner|1951|loc=foreword}}

In 1847, eight thousand British [[Crown (British coin)|crown]] coins were minted in [[Proof coinage|proof]] condition with the design using an ornate reverse in keeping with the revived style. Considered by collectors to be particularly beautiful, they are known as 'Gothic crowns'. The design was repeated in 1853, again in proof. A similar two shilling coin, the 'Gothic [[Two shillings (British coin)|florin]]' was minted for circulation from 1851 to 1887.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baldwin.co.uk/news/victoria-gothic-crown-1847/|title=Victoria: Gothic Crown|publisher=Baldwins|date=19 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/ranges/historic-coins/victoria-and-the-victorian-era/victoria-gothic-crown-1847/|title=Queen Victoria: The Gothic Crown 1847|publisher=The Royal Mint|website=www.royalmint.com|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=24 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624185058/https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/ranges/historic-coins/victoria-and-the-victorian-era/victoria-gothic-crown-1847/|url-status=dead}}</ref>