 North entrance to the Burlington Arcade, with Beadle in attendance. 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". Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 561 pixelsFull resolution (1257 × 881 pixel, file size: 284 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Burlington Arcade (north entrance), Piccadilly London, with uniformed Beadle in attendance. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 561 pixelsFull resolution (1257 × 881 pixel, file size: 284 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Burlington Arcade (north entrance), Piccadilly London, with uniformed Beadle in attendance. ...
Look up Beadle on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Disambiguation: for the English television presenter please see Jeremy Beadle Beadle was originally a title given to a Saxon officer who summoned householders to council. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
An arcade in Old Bond Street Bond Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London. ...
Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. ...
For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ...
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. William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (December 14, 1748 - July 29, 1811), was the eldest son of the 4th Duke of Devonshire by his wife the heiress Lady Charlotte Boyle, suo jure Baroness Clifford, who brought in considerable money and estates to the Cavendish family. ...
Burlington House is a courtyard building off Picadilly in London. ...
In Parmigianinos Madonna with the Long Neck (1534-40), Mannerism makes itself known by elongated proportions, affected poses, and unclear perspective. ...
 Shop fronts inside the arcade The pedestrian arcade, with smart uniform shopfronts under a glazed roof, has always been an upmarket retail location. It is patrolled by Burlington Arcade Beadles in traditional uniforms including top hats and tailcoats. The original beadles were all former members of Lord George Cavendish's regiment, the 10th Hussars. Present tenants include a range of clothing, footwear and accessory shops, art and antique dealers and the jewellers and dealers in antique silver for which the Arcade is best known. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1296 × 972 pixel, file size: 319 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly London. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1296 × 972 pixel, file size: 319 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly London. ...
Look up Beadle on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Disambiguation: for the English television presenter please see Jeremy Beadle Beadle was originally a title given to a Saxon officer who summoned householders to council. ...
Duke Ellington wearing a top hat. ...
Bandleader Vincent Lopez in white tie, early 1920s Evening dress (also known as full evening dress) or white tie is the most formal dress code that exists for civilians today. ...
A British Hussar from the Crimean War Hussar (original Hungarian spelling: huszár, plural huszárok, Polish: Husaria) refers to a number of types of cavalry used throughout Europe since the 15th century. ...
 The Piccadilly entrance to the Burlington Arcade in 1827-28 The Burlington Arcade was the successful prototype for larger glazed shopping arcades, beginning with the Saint-Hubert Gallery in Brussels and The Passage in St Petersburg, the first of Europe's grand arcades, to the Galleria Umberto I in Naples or the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert The Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (Galerie de la Reine/Koninginnegalerij) in Brussels is a glazed shopping arcade that preceded the more famous Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, or The Passage in St Petersburg. ...
The interior of the old Passage in the 1850s. ...
Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and...
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Piazza del Duomo entrance The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is a covered arcade situated on the northern side of the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, connecting to the Piazza della Scala. ...
The sedate atmosphere of the Burlington Arcade was interrupted in 1964 when a Jaguar Mark X charged down the arcade, scattering pedestrians, and six masked men leapt out, smashed the windows of the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Association shop and stole jewellery valued at £35,000. They were never caught. The Jaguar Mark X was the largest Jaguar saloon car built by that company, originally aimed at the American market. ...
References
- Johann F. Geist, 1982. Arcades: The History of a Building Type (MIT Press) ISBN 0-262-07082-0
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