View of fabrics hall
BL 13279
Description View of fabrics hall
Date 1895
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number BL 13279
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Fabrics Hall, Jenners Department Store, Nos 47-52 Princes Street, Edinburgh The Fabrics Hall of Charles Jenner & Company was photographed in 1895 by the distinguished Victorian photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere. Jenners, designed in 1893-5 by William Hamilton Beattie, was one of the largest department stores in Britain. The Fabrics Hall, on the ground floor of a magnificent top-lit saloon with heavily consoled galleries, displayed a wide selection of prints, muslins and calicoes. The carefully positioned chairs all bear the store monogram 'C J' on their back rails. Bedford Lemere (1864-1944) photographed using a standard 12 by 10 stand camera with glass plate negatives, and, whenever possible, used daylight to photograph interiors. This gave his pictures a naturalness that can never be achieved by the use of flash. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Glass
External Reference Box 25
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