Detail of lino in South-East room on the first floor. Digital image of A 33718 CN.
SC 699354
Description Detail of lino in South-East room on the first floor. Digital image of A 33718 CN.
Date 5/6/1985
Catalogue Number SC 699354
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 33718 CN
Scope and Content Detail of linoleum in south-east room on first floor of No 9 Alloway Place, Ayr, South Ayrshire Alloway Place contains a terrace of four houses, each three bays wide and two storeys high with central columned doorpieces. The terrace was begun in the early 19th century, but not completed until c.1845. The houses are named after Lord Alloway, who owned the land upon which they were built. This shows part of the floor covered in linoleum. The design is composed of angular blocks in tones of brown, overlaid with a garland of roses motif. The roses have been printed to simulate an embroidered design. Linoleum was invented in 1845, and was first made in Scotland in the 1860s. It is made from linseed oil (from which it takes its name) pigments, pine resin and flour, on a jute backing. It went out of fashion in the 1960s with the arrival of vinyl floor coverings. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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