Interior. Detail of fireplace in the Tapestry Room.
SC 565485
Description Interior. Detail of fireplace in the Tapestry Room.
Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 565485
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 1950
Scope and Content The chimneypiece in the Tapestry Room, Prestonfield House, Duddingston, Edinburgh Prestonfield House, now a hotel, stands on the south side of Duddingston Loch. It was designed in the 1680s by Sir William Bruce for Sir James Dick, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, to replace an earlier house burnt down by a student demonstration in 1681. The Tapestry Room, the original drawing room of the house, has a marble chimneypiece set in an extravagant wooden surround. The sides are carved with realistic male heads with pots of lilies above, and the foliaged frieze bears the Dick coat of arms. Sir Alexander Dick, grandson of Sir James and the President of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, entertained James Boswell and Dr Johnson in this room when they stayed at Prestonfield House for several days during their Scottish tour in 1773. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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