The Red Lion public house, Duke of York Street, St James's, London: the highly polished counter in the saloon bar adorned with glassware and decorated glass panels Artist/Photographer Galwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971) Country UK: England City London Subject Date 1890 Image Date 1949 View Interior Style Victorian Medium Photoprint Library Reference AP434/144 Orientation Portrait Colour Info Black and white Credit Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections Subject Interior decoration ; Inns, public houses ; Decorative glass
NOTES: This is an outstanding example of a Victorian Rococo pub or gin palace. The early gin palace depended on the blaze of naked gas light to dazzle and attract its customers, while the Victorian saloon bar employed decorated glass to soften the glare.
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