Interior -view of studio

Description Interior -view of studio

Date 1890

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

Catalogue Number SC 700526

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of BL 10129

Scope and Content Boudoir, 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. The walls of the room are panelled to door height, with a heavily embossed patterned 'leather paper' above. The built-in seat in the alcove (centre) forms a delightful 'cosy corner', and the Japanese fans, bows, spinning wheel and sewing basket all indicate that this room is in the female domain of the house. The boudoir was the private sitting room of the mistress of the house, and the room where she kept her personal ornaments and treasures. Here, it is also used for writing and sewing although the spinning wheel is more likely to be a fashion accessory than a practical necessity. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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