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

View of the living room from the gallery 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 eastern rugs. The lower part of the internal walls are covered with hessian, topped by a shelf on which a picture and some pottery are displayed. The fire place is of brick and the opening in the form of a gothic arch. The upper walls and the ceiling are covered with rough-cast plaster finish. The gallery leads to a braced plank bedroom door, to the left of which is a built in plank cupboard. 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