Having explored the 'Colours Uncovered' exhibition in Harewood's State Rooms, I continued on the visitor route through the 'below stairs' area where the kitchens and storerooms are. It's a vast area; the household must have had an army of servants at one time. The kitchen is brim full of highly polished copper pans and moulds and, having just been thinking about colour, I was thrilled with the warm, soft reflections, akin to the glow of a fire or candles.
Then I started noticing texture - the aged, battered wooden table top:
Some old sacking in a box:
Lastly, a sturdy wicker hamper with a label that declared it had once held Venison, a consignment sent from Balmoral Castle in 1937 by HM the King (George VI, the father of the late Queen Elizabeth II) to his sister Mary, the Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood.
Wonderful to see the items with use evident on them...as opposed to those found buried in the dirt!
ReplyDeleteYou found some fine things in the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos! I always enjoy the below stairs part of stately homes. It's like the great supporting mass of the iceberg beneath the small visible section. Or the hard-working webbed feet of the swan, gliding so peacefully along.
ReplyDeleteColors indeed. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThe warm reflections in the copper pots are amazing. The textures are interesting too. One can tell that you have a photographer's eye.
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