Interior view, the Cunningham Room showing painted boards. Digital image of ED 1930.
SC 774511
Description Interior view, the Cunningham Room showing painted boards. Digital image of ED 1930.
Date 6/5/1958
Catalogue Number SC 774511
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 1930
Scope and Content Painted boards in the Cunyngham Room, Prestonfield House, No 71 Priestfield Road, Edinburgh This shows a corner of the Cunyngham Room dressing area decorated with painted boards which are probably of 18th-century date. The design features flowers, trees, birds and pagodas executed in black, red and green. This style is known as Chinoiserie (oriental-style decoration adapted for the European market). The scattered designs on this wall suggest the repeated motifs of a hand-painted wallpaper or textile, which would have been extremely expensive at the time. The designs were probably painted by a local craftsman emulating these exotic imported wall-coverings in simple paint on board. Prestonfield House was rebuilt for Sir James Dick in 1687 by the architect Sir William Bruce (c.1630-1710) after being burnt down during a student riot in 1681. A single-storeyed extension was added in c.1830, and in 1890 architects MacGibbon & Ross added a bathroom extension. Within the grounds is an unusual round stable block built in 1816 to designs by James Gillespie Graham (1777-1855). The house has been run as a hotel since 1959. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/774511
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
Attribution: © RCAHMS
You may: copy, display, store and make derivative works [eg documents] solely for licensed personal use at home or solely for licensed educational institution use by staff and students on a secure intranet.
Under these conditions: Display Attribution, No Commercial Use or Sale, No Public Distribution [eg by hand, email, web]
