Interior-general view of Sitting Room
SC 682983
Description Interior-general view of Sitting Room
Date 1891
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number SC 682983
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of BL 11255
Scope and Content Sitting Room, Craigcrook Castle, Craigcrook Road, Edinburgh Craigcrook Castle dates from the 16th century. In 1875 it was leased to Mr Robert Croall who carried out a series of improvements in 1891. This photograph of a sitting room was taken shortly afterwards by the architectural photographer, Bedford Lemere. This gloomy room is a classic case of Victorian clutter. Every available surface is crowded with knick-knacks or draped in silk (including the oil lamp on the table). Furnishings include an S-shaped 'love-seat' and a fireplace draped in velvet. It is interesting to compare this photograph with others taken by Lemere of the interior in 1927. By then the knick-knacks had been put away, the walls and ceiling lightened, the fireplaces undraped and the chairs and tables reduced to a minimum. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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