Interior - general view of painted walls and ceiling.
ED 9016 PO
Description Interior - general view of painted walls and ceiling.
Date c. 1960
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number ED 9016 PO
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 488271
Scope and Content Concert and lecture room, Gladstone's Land, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh Gladstone's Land was built c.1620, incorporating a 16th-century building, for Thomas Gledstanes, merchant and burgess of the city. It is a fine example of a tenement or 'land' with many features characteristic of Scottish architecture of the period. The arched recess and two doorways are relics of the balconied front wall of the 16th-century house. The oak-beamed ceiling is painted with fruit, flowers and birds. Originally the upper halves of the walls would have been painted like the ceiling beams. In the 17th century in a wealthy merchant's house, the lower halves of the walls of a room were covered with loose hangings, probably of tapestry or linen. The upper halves were painted in bright colours with fruit, flowers, birds and arabesques. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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