The double doors leading from drawing to dining room at Ballinlough Castle, County Westmeath are recessed within a large arched bow. And there are further bows evident in the delicate plasterwork that runs around the alcove and features garlands of flowers and leaves caught up in ribbon. The style is essentially rococo in spirit even though the room and its decoration date from c.1790, one of those anachronisms that one encounters in Ireland where a fondness for certain forms could sometimes linger long after they had fallen out of fashion elsewhere.
Great pic. Love the contrast of shapes. The door handles seem to echo the garlanded arch? Makes one feel good to know it is possible to create such beautiful things (or was)?
Thank you, yes indeed the door handles do echo the design of the plasterwork, how clever of you to notice.
So very beautiful.. need to see more of this house.
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So delightful to see fine plasterwork unclogged by paint.
Thanks for your comment, yes the plasterwork here is still wonderfully crisp.
I was awed by the rich plasterwork at Castletown House in County Kildare. Here, you’ve shown us another lovely example. The people who created such work truly were artists!
Thank you, yes it is true that the craftsmen responsible for this and similar plasterwork throughout Ireland were true artists and they deserve to be celebrated.