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Records of Bonnar and Company, interior decorators, Edinburgh, Scotland
551 23
Description Records of Bonnar and Company, interior decorators, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date c. 1834 to 1932
Collection Records of Bonnar and Company, interior decorators, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number 551 23
Category All Other
Scope and Content A large collection of designs by this firm, founded c.1845 by Thomas Bonnar I in partnership with Robert Carfrae. The designs include a record drawing of the staircase ceiling at Penicuik House painted in 1782 by the house-painter Thomas Bonnar, father of Thomas Bonnar I; design for Queen Victoria's Waiting Room at Paddington Station; design for the firm's contribution to the 1862 Exhibition; designs for decorations by the firm including: Lothian Road United Free Church, Edinburgh; Falkland Palace, 1895; St Bernard's Well, Edinburgh; surveys of early Scottish painted decorations including Mary of Guise's House, Edinburgh; Earlshall; Pinkie; and many modern designs in the same idiom, c.1845-1950. Also, and album of decorative details and source material including: photographs of early Scottish painted decoration (some from drawings by the firm); continental mural decoration; details from medieval illuminations; designs for unidentified ceilings, and a panel for Milton House School, Canongate, Edinburgh; a printed bookcover c1750; a Christmas card from Mr and Mrs Bonnar, and a photograph of his drawing room at 7 Ann Street, Edinburgh, c1880-1900.
Archive History Presented to the Scottish National Buildings Record by Mrs Bonnar, 1958. See correspondence in MS 68/3/9 between Mrs Bonnar and the Scottish National Buildings Record.
System of Arrangement The catalogue is arranged by county, then by unlocated or unexecuted designs. The catalogue includes reference to analogue and digital surrogate images.
Access Conditions There are no restrictions upon access.
Administrative History A prominent firm of interior decorators, Bonnar and Company were active c.1845-c.1960, particularly in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife.
Finding Aids A handlist is available.
Accruals No further accruals are expected.
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