A print room was a decorative scheme specific to Georgian times. Prints and engravings of pictures were pasted on the wall, then decorated with cut-out garlands, frames, festoons and ribbons. It was the first decorating style that was a hobby, usually for the lady-of-the-house.
Library – Leixlip Castle Ground Plan
The entire Ground Plan is on the Leixlip Castle Page.
Prints were a popular souvenir to bring back from a “Grand Tour” of Europe.
“Following the 18th-century fondness for print rooms, the library at Leixlip Castle was decorated according to a scheme devised by Nicola Wingate Saul in 1976. All of the prints adhere directly to the walls, in true Georgian fashion, and were taken from engravings based on the decoration of the Galerie des Glaces in Versailles by Jean Baptiste Masse in 1755. The plasterwork dates from the mid-18th century and the carpet, originally from Castletown, is a French Savonnerie.”
Print Room at Leixlip Castle
Print Room at Leixlip Castle
Library at Leixlip Castle decorated with prints, a Georgian decorative scheme.
Leixlip Castle Library with Prints
Leixlip Castle Library with Prints
Library at Leixlip Castle
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