Monday, August 11, 2014

Palatial Giltwood

Buckingham Palace
White Drawing Room

Buckingham Palace
White Drawing Room

Console

Console

Buckingham Palace
Staircase

Torchere

Buckingham Palace
Distant Thrones

Buckingham Palace
Throne Room

Mirror

Mirror

Buckingham Palace
Green Drawing Room

There can hardly exist any picture of a Buckingham Palace interior or furnishing or fitting that lacks its component of giltwood. The green drawing room (immediately above, from a 19th century watercolor) has in fact been seen before on this rolling screen in a quite different context  in 2011 it was chosen by photographer Thomas Struth as the setting for his portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.  

Buckingham Palace
Queen Victoria's private sitting room
1848