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The Small Dining Room, Cardiff Castle (1), Glamorgan.
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The Small Dining Room, Cardiff Castle.
The room was transformed from a plain interior by William Burges and the 3rd Marquess of Bute around 1875. It was Burges who designed the magnificent painted and gilded ceiling.
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The Small Dining Room, Cardiff Castle.
The theme of the room is biblical, from the Book of Genesis so the chimneypiece shows three angels flanked by Abraham and Sarah and the Greek inscription beneath translates as 'Entertaining angels unawares'.
The stained glass windows tell stories from the life of Abraham, including that of the sacrifice of his son, Issac. The walls were originally intended to be painted, but were unfinished when William Burges died in 1881. The decorated hessian wall covering was installed in 1890, and acted as a background for family portraits.| Comment |
The Small Dining Room, Cardiff Castle.
A rather attractive Long Case Clock in the Small Dining Room, Cardiff Castle.
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