What is the Peacock Room?

A London dining room that James McNeill Whistler painted with gold and blue peacocks in 1876 and 1877. It is now at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C.

What is the difference between a peacock and a peafowl?

Peafowl is the name of the species. The male is the peacock, with the long, eyed train; the female is the peahen.

How big is the peacock ornament?

It is a three-inch (76 mm) round of faceted crystal glass with a white-backed print.

Does the ornament come gift boxed?

Yes. Choose a white or gold gift box at checkout.

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Peacock · Crystal Glass Holiday Ornament · In Full Plumage

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A peacock in full Victorian dress: deep blue neck, a wing of pewter scales and a long train of eyes, set in old-brass scrollwork and cream blossoms the way an 1880s printer would have framed him. Three inches of faceted crystal, made to hang where the light can find it.

Give it to the friend with peacock feathers in a vase, or the one whose tree runs to gold and green. It sits beside antique glass without looking new, it reads from across a room on a lit tree, and it comes boxed, ready for the hostess, the gift closet or the person who is impossible to buy for.

The Victorians made the peacock a fashion. In the 1870s the Aesthetic Movement put it on wallpaper, tiles, textiles and book covers, and in 1876 and 1877 James McNeill Whistler painted an entire London dining room in gold and blue peacocks. That room, the Peacock Room, now belongs to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art in Washington.

The bird was a legend long before that. Indian peafowl were kept in royal gardens from India to Rome, and in the Greek myth Hera set the hundred eyes of the watchman Argus in the peacock's tail, which is why the feathers still seem to look back at you. Our drawing follows the old prints: gold where a printer would gild, sage and peacock blue where he would tint. It is the ornament guests stop and ask about, and the one you will be glad you bought two of.

A three-inch (76 mm) round of faceted crystal glass, printed with a white backing so the colors hold against tree lights; the faceted edge catches light from every angle. Choose a white or gold gift box at checkout. Printed and finished to order in the USA.

QUICK FACTS — THE PEACOCK

Drawn: the Indian peafowl, or blue peacock

Only the male carries the long train; the female is the peahen

Whistler painted the Peacock Room in 1876–77

Style: 1880s Aesthetic Movement, antique gold and sage palette

Three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed print

White or gold gift box, your choice

Printed and finished to order in the USA

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