View of interior of house by Chapman-Taylor - Photograph taken by Sarony Studios, Wellington

View of the living room of house designed and built in 1909 by arts and crafts architect, Walter Chapman-Taylor for James and Vera Bell. The wooden floor is covered with large eastern rugs, on one of which stands a chair and gate-legged table. The internal walls are lined with bookshelves near which stand armchairs. The lower walls are covered with hessian, and the upper walls and ceiling with rough-cast plaster. Many-paned casement windows light the room, and a part of the dining room can be seen through the far door. There is no electric lighting. Photographed by Sarony Studios, Wellington, in 1909.

The interior doors of this house are braced by planks which have adzed-shaped sections cut into them. This was a trade mark of Walter Chapmen-Taylor.

This photograph originally belonged to Andrew Bell, the son of Katherine Mansfield's sister Vera Bell (nee Beauchamp).

This house burnt down in 1911 (info - Judy Siers).

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 15.4 cm, on cardboard mount