Liberton House, interior Photographic copy of view of decorative scheme of drawing room Entitled: 'Decoration of Drawing Room. Liberton House' Signed: 'Thomas Bonnar Decorator, Edinburgh' Not dated Pe ...
B 78203 CN
Description Liberton House, interior Photographic copy of view of decorative scheme of drawing room Entitled: 'Decoration of Drawing Room. Liberton House' Signed: 'Thomas Bonnar Decorator, Edinburgh' Not dated Pen, ink and colourwash
Date c. 1890
Collection Records of Bonnar and Company, interior decorators, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number B 78203 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copy of EDD 144/3
Copies SC 565243
Scope and Content Thomas Bonnar's scheme for the decoration of the drawing room, Liberton House, Liberton Drive, Liberton, Edinburgh Liberton House lies at the end of an avenue of elm trees on the south side of Liberton Drive. Built c.1600 for the merchant, William Little, it stands on the site of an earlier building, and incorporates features of the tower-house. This drawing, by the Edinburgh decorator and art designer, Thomas Bonnar, shows his proposed scheme of c.1882 for the decoration of the drawing room in the main block of the house. Thomas Bonnar was an authority on medieval mural paintings, and his family firm, Thomas Bonnar & Son, did much to raise the reputation of decorative painting in Edinburgh. His best work includes the decoration of Parliament Hall and St Bernard's Well. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Accession Number 1970/4
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