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First floor, Green bedroom, fireplace with mirror above mantelpiece, detail
D 12581 CN
Description First floor, Green bedroom, fireplace with mirror above mantelpiece, detail
Date 14/7/1997
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number D 12581 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 684091
Scope and Content Detail of fireplace in first-floor 'Green Bedroom', No 34 Esplanade Terrace, Joppa, Edinburgh Esplanade Terrace lines the road overlooking the beach at Joppa. No 34 is one of many bay windowed, flat-roofed houses built c.1890, when the Joppa was a popular holiday resort. The house was originally owned by an accomplished painter/decorator. This photograph shows the hand-decorated fireplace with its Latin inscription; 'SALVE' meaning 'good day' or 'good health', and gilded wreaths. The door is painted with stylised flower motifs. The fire grate has a gilded surround and tiled hearth. Most rooms in Victorian homes would have had an open fire to heat the room. In wealthy households, maidservants would get up early each morning to remove ashes and light the fires before their employers awoke. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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