Drawing Room Osborne House

Part three of my tour of Osborne House looks at another two incredible rooms - the drawing room and the billiard room. The drawing room is another personal favourite of mine in the house, with some of my favourite statues! Drawing Room "Extremely handsome, with its yellow damask satin curtains and furniture to match"Queen Victoria. The Drawing Room at Osborne House.

"It really feels like their family home. You get a real sense of them there," actress Jenna Coleman, who plays Queen Victoria on the series, tells Town. The Isle of Wight Queen Victoria Osborne House History A Tour of the House Dining room and drawing room Billiard Room Council Room and Audience Room Durbar Room Bathrooms Swiss Cottage The Gardens Conclusion How to travel to the Isle of Wight.

State Rooms at Osborne Wander through the opulent state rooms at Osborne and see where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert formally entertained guests during their reign. Discover where dignataries and diplomats were served dinner in the Dining Room and the billiard table where recreational games and singing around the piano provided a break from the formalities of court life. The drawing room is a symphony of silk wall coverings, gilt mirrors, and delicate Minton porcelain, while the magnificent Durbar Room, added in 1890-91, pays homage to Victoria's role as Empress of India with its intricate Indian.

On the right, the bays of the Pavilion belonged to the drawing room on the ground floor, the Queen's sitting room on the first floor, and above that, the nursery bedroom. All at Osborne House remains in its Victorian splendour, from the cosy family sitting-room and the splendour of the State Drawing-Room along the Grand Corridor with its marble statues and frieze in the Greek style, to the huge "Durbar Room" built in the Indian manner which commemorated Queen Victoria's title of Empress of India, bestowed. The Queens Drawing Room, Osborne.

View of one corner of the room, including settee, grand piano, statue & portrait of the Prince of Wales in a sailor suit (by FX Winterhalter). Photograph cut in a circle. Step inside Osborne House, Queen Victoria's beloved seaside retreat.

Explore its grand Italianate design, intimate family spaces, stunning gardens, and private beach. SECOND FLOOR Nursery bedroom Queen Victoria's bedroom Nursery sitting room This drawing is English Heritage copyright and is supplied for the purposes of private research. It may not be reproduced in any medium without the express written permission of English Heritage.

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