Interior-general view of meeting room with large tables and monogrammed chairs
B 64057
Description Interior-general view of meeting room with large tables and monogrammed chairs
Date c. 1890
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number B 64057
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copy of BL 9839
Copies SC 694719
Scope and Content Council Chamber, the City Chambers, No 80 George Square, Glasgow, from the north Glasgow City Chambers, the headquarters of the City Council, were designed in a grandiose style by William Young as a statement of civic pride and prosperity. The magnificent council chamber was photographed in c.1890 by Harry Bedford Lemere. The chamber, decorated in Spanish mahogany, has a deep frieze of Tynecastle Tapestry and a richly coloured and gilded ceiling. The councillors' chairs are arranged around the Lord Provost's seat, an elaborately carved chair gifted by Queen Victoria. Behind the councillors' seats is a shallow apse nicknamed the 'bed recess' after an architectural feature of old Glasgow tenements. It has seating for council officials at floor level, and a small gallery above for the public and the press. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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