Ceiling Of The Durbar Room Osborne House Royalty-Free Stock Image

Ceiling of the Durbar Room Osborne House. Designed by Rudyard Kipling’s father, Lockwood, and master carver Bhai Ram Singh, this unique room is detailed with intricate Indian-style plaster work to reflect Queen Victoria’s then status as Empress of India. The room was the venue for ceremonial dinners for European royalty and the backdrop to Queen Victoria’s favourite theatrical entertainments. A new banqueting table re-creates the scene of a dinner held in the Durbar Room in the late 19th century, and Indian gifts are displayed in new cabinets.