New Book Brings Royal Pavilion to Life in Colour

Coming soon..

A brand new book from Yale University Press by our Royal Pavilion Curator, Dr Alexandra Loske. Titled The Royal Pavilion Brighton: A Regency Palace of Colour and Sensation, the book is the first in-depth study since the 1980s of George IV’s pleasure palace, a building that is often considered the most poignant architectural expression of the Romantic imagination and that has become a hallmark of Regency style.

Featuring new photography, this lavishly illustrated book will provide a fresh look at the sumptuous Chinoiserie interiors of the Royal Pavilion and their enduring appeal.

The book draws on Alexandra’s many years of research and intimate knowledge of the building, recent conservation projects, and the unprecedented loan exhibition A Prince’s Treasure: From Buckingham Palace to the Royal Pavilion (2019–22). It celebrates the colours and sensual beauty of these interiors.

It does this while situating the Royal Pavilion in the context of the time of its creation and development under royal ownership, from its beginning in the wake of the French Revolution, through its transformation and extension during and just after the Napoleonic Wars, to its fate and legacy in the early Victorian era.

The book will be published this June as part of the Royal Pavilion’s exhibition- COLOUR.