Description:A view of the Blue Boudoir at Warwick Castle, taken around 1869.
The Blue Boudoir is the last drawing room in a sequence (or 'enfilade') of five eighteenth-century state rooms, and was originally intended for use by ladies. The ornate white plaster ceiling (by James Pettifer) and woodwork (by Grindling Gibbons) above the fireplace can be clearly seen in this photograph. All of the detail is picked out in gold. This matches most of the French furniture, which dates from around the same time as the room.
Above the white oak panelling, the walls are entirely clad in a vivid blue French patterned silk, added during the nineteenth century. Situated in a corner of the castle building, the room is lit naturally from two sides. This makes the room airier and more colourful than the black and white photograph would suggest.
Note also the 'secret' entrance to the servants' passage, concealed in the wall beside the mirror.