Thomas Hope Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Thomas Hope
A Life of Design and Letters Thomas Hope was a Dutch-British interior and Regency designer, traveler, author, philosopher, art collector, and partner in the banking firm Hope & Co. Born in Amsterdam, he fled to London after the French Revolution spread to the Netherlands. He was best known as an early promoter of Greek Revival architecture and for his novel Anastasius. His extensive travels through Europe, Asia, and Africa led him to co
llect various artifacts, including Greek vases and sculptures. In London, he remodeled his residence in Duchess Street in an Egyptian style and opened his galleries to the public. His published works included: Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807) Costumes of the Ancients (1809) Designs of Modern Costumes (1812) Anastasius: or, Memoirs of a Greek (1819) The Origin and Prospect of Man (1831) Design and Literary Legacy As…