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Timeless stones and bronzes: the collection of Philip Hewat-Jaboor.
Philip Hewat-Jaboor, who has formed a rare collection of marbles, porphyry, and other hardstones over thirty years, has recently built an extraordinary skylit library in which they are displayed among his extensive collection of books on all aspects of the decorative arts. Since his relatively modest house on Jersey in the Channel Islands did not accommodate itself to the addition of a new room, he decided to replace an ugly garage built into the hillside with a new structure, which was to contain a wine cellar and storage--as well as space for cars and the library. During the early stages of its complicated construction, the hillside collapsed, crushing the steel and ...
- The collector.(Philip Hewat-Jaboor)(Interview)
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Etberington-Smith, Merevith October 1, 2008 700+ words
...collector and decorator Thomas Hope, Philip Hewat-Jaboor was also creating his own magical...structure demonstrates Hewat-Jaboor's passion for the rich and strange...Sir William Ackroyd," Hewat-Jaboor explains. "He was an interesting...
- Books.(Namesake)(Restroom: Contemporary Des)(Thomas Hope: Regency...
- Magazine article from: Interior Design Abercrombie, Stanley July 1, 2008 700+ words
...Designer Stanley Abercrombie edited by David Watkin and Philip Hewat-Jaboor New Haven: Yale University Press, $100 520 pages...introduction to a 1971 reprint of his Household Furniture. Philip Hewat-Jaboor runs a London arts consultancy under his own name...
- The castle: in his New York town-house atelier, hatmaker Rod Keenan reigns...
- Magazine article from: Interior Design Miller, John Robert April 1, 2002 700+ words
...fine-art and antiques consultant Philip Hewat-Jaboor, Keenan finished renovating the...art recommendations from Hewat-Jaboor, who promptly E-mailed a photo...Beckford, on loan from Hewat-Jaboor. If one proceeds in the other...
- Editor's letter.(Editorial)
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Pochoda, Elizabeth October 1, 2008 700+ words
...counterpart, aesthetic intimidation, are few indeed. Philip Hewat-Jaboor is one. His collection of rare marbles and porphyry...shelves as finely considered as the collection. Hewat-Jaboor is comfortable with luxury in the best sense of the...
- Each of the Top 386 Companies in the UK Fine Art Dealers Industry Is Analysed...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire April 2, 2008 700+ words
...P M PATTERSON - W & G PRINTS - PETER JOHNSON - WALKER GALLERIES - PETLEY FINE ART - WARWICK GALLERY - PHILIP HEWAT-JABOOR - WASHINGTON GREEN FINE ART PUBLISHING CO - PHILIP MOULD - WATERMAN FINE ART - PHOTOGRAPHERS' GALLERY - (THE...
- Thomas Hope: regency designer.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Architectural Review Curl, James Stevens November 1, 2008 700+ words
Edited by David Watkin and Philip Hewat-Jaboor. London: Yale University Press for The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts. 2008. [pounds sterling]50...
- Derek E. Ostergard, ed. William Beckford, 1760-1844: an Eye for the...
- Magazine article from: Albion Nicholson, Kathleen June 22, 2003 700+ words
...Soane and Hope: The Psychology of the Collector" (p. 58; ill. 2.7), resurfaces in the next essay, Philip Hewat-Jaboor's "Fonthill House: One of the Most Princely Edifices in the Kingdom" (p. 60). For once, referrals from...
- Hope springs eternal, again.
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Filler, Martin July 1, 2008 700+ words
...at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London). This dazzling overview, curated by the decorative arts scholar Philip Hewat-Jaboor, is accompanied by a superb catalogue edited by the curator with the venerable classicist David Watkin. Ever...