View of fabrics department
BL 13283
Description View of fabrics department
Date 1895
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number BL 13283
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Fabrics Hall, Jenners Department Store, Nos 47-52 Princes Street, Edinburgh Jenners, Princes Street, was designed in 1893-5 by William Hamilton Beattie. This view of the Fabrics Hall, photographed in 1895 by Harry Bedford Lemere, provides one of the few well-defined records of the interior of a late 19th-century department store. The Fabrics Hall, on the ground floor of a magnificent galleried saloon rising the full height of the building, was lit by elegant electric light fittings with lace-like shades. The stands (right) display a wide selection of prints, calicoes and muslins. Bedford Lemere (1864-1944), working with a standard 12 by 10 stand camera with glass plate negatives, was one of the most distinguished photographers of his day. A perfectionist, he would position furniture until the photographic composition was right. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Glass
External Reference Box 28
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