Wall Paneling & Wainscoting · Tudor & Tudor Revival
The Long Gallery, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire (photographed c. 1890)
A photograph from about 1890 of the Long Gallery at Haddon Hall, an Elizabethan room lined with oak paneling, pilasters and tall windows.
Design characteristics
Long galleries were a feature of great Elizabethan houses, used for exercise and displaying portraits. Haddon Hall's gallery is lined with oak paneling divided by pilasters, under a decorated ceiling, with a wall of windows letting in light. The repetition of panel bays is what gives the room its calm. For a long hallway or library today, the same rhythm of pilaster-framed bays creates a strong architectural effect.
Classification
- Category
- Wall Paneling & Wainscoting
- Material
- Oak
- Motifs
- Small square panel
- Photograph
- 1890
- Photographer
- Unknown photographer,
- Evidence
- Photograph of a documented interior or object
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Architectural context
Dark oak paneling, linenfold, strapwork and heavy plank doors. England · original c. 1485–1603; revival c. 1890–1940.
