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Description: | Photograph of balconies in the Durbar Hall in Lakshmi Vilas Palace at Baroda, Gujarat from the Curzon Collection, taken by an unknown photographer during the 1890s. Originally designed by Major Charles Mant (1840-81), the palace was begun in 1878 and completed in 1890 by Robert Fellowes Chisholm (1840-1915). Both architects were pioneers of the Indo-Saracenic style, which created an exuberant fusion of Western and Eastern forms with an emphasis on arches and domes. The interior was conceived and furnished in a largely European manner but richly decorated in an orientalist style with lavish ornamental detail and architectural elements such as the balconies shown. The huge durbar or royal audience hall was located in the north wing of the palace. An immense structure, it was built for the Gaekwar Sayaji Rao III (ruled 1875-1939) and was reputedly the most expensive private building erected in India in the 19th century. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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