Interior-general view of stairwell showing part of balustrade and part of stained glass and painted panels above stairwell

Description Interior-general view of stairwell showing part of balustrade and part of stained glass and painted panels above stairwell

Date 1890

Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England

Catalogue Number SC 695369

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of BL 10094

Scope and Content First-floor gallery of the Inner Hall, 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 architectural firm of Clarke & Bell, was built for the engineer, Sir William Arrol. This photograph of the gallery of the inner hall was taken in 1890 by the architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere. The gallery, designed in the style of the Aesthetic Movement, has newel posts bearing plant-like electric light fittings with flower-head glass shades. The lower panels of the roof light are painted with figures and flowers, and the upper glass lights have painted leaves and flowers in the style of William Morris. The Aesthetic Movement of the Victorian age sought 'art for art's sake', and believed that art should be reflected in every aspect of ornamented decoration. The major designers of the movement included William Morris, Charles Eastlake, Christopher Dresser and Walter Crane. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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