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Interior -view of drawing room

BL 10125

Description Interior -view of drawing room

Date 1890

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

Catalogue Number BL 10125

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies B 64105, SC 700522

Scope and Content Drawing Room, Gallowhill House, Paisley, Renfrewshire (now demolished) Gallowhill House, a large mansion designed in 1867 by the Glasgow architects, James Salmon & Son, was the home of Peter Kerr of Clark & Company, a large firm of Paisley threadmakers. The architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere, was commissioned to photograph the interior in 1890. This room, with its rich ceiling and wall decoration, would have been considered the height of Victorian opulence. Every available surface is cluttered with an array of objects d'art, and the mirrored shelves above the chimneypiece and sideboard reflect their splendour throughout the room. The drawing room was the most lavishly appointed room in the Victorian home. The décor reflected the prosperity and status, as well as the aesthetic and cultural interests, of the occupants of the house. The room was also designed to create a feeling of comfort so that guests would choose to linger in the room. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Medium Glass

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