Kasr-el-Nil Barracks, Cairo: corner of the white and gold drawing room
Artist/Photographer | Medley, Robert |
Country | Egypt |
City | Cairo |
Subject Date | 1882 |
Image Date | 1947 |
View | Interior |
Style | Rococo |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP Box 798 Egypt |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Drawing rooms ; Riverside buildings ; Barracks ; Decorative plasterwork ; Interior decoration |
NOTES: Designed as the War Minister's residence and built between 1853 and 1863, these buildings became the barracks of the British Army in Egypt in 1882 until 1946. They were demolished in 1947. This drawing room served as the Officers' Mess.
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