Interior-general view of Drawing Room
SC 695365
Description Interior-general view of Drawing Room
Date 1890
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number SC 695365
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of BL 10088
Scope and Content Sitting Room, Seafield, Doonfoot Road, Ayr, South Ayrshire (latterly Seafield Hospital for Sick Children) Seafield, an imposing Italianate villa designed in 1888-9 by Robert A Bryden of the Glasgow firm of architects, Clarke & Bell, was built for the engineer, Sir William Arrol. This photograph of a sitting room in the house was taken in 1890 by the architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere. This room, with an elegant coved ceiling, has a fireplace with an elaborate overmantel with open shelves and glazed cabinets for ornaments. Its design is similar to that of the sideboard (left) whose mirrored shelves display a few, carefully chosen objects d'art. The simple arrangement of ornaments suggests the style of the room may have been influenced by the Aesthetic Movement, a movement that believed that art should be reflected in every aspect of ornamented decoration. Popular decorative items included Japanese, Persian and Chinese vases and plates. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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