Keywords: Durbar Hall in the new palace at Makarpura, near Baroda in the 1890s.jpg en Photograph of the durbar hall in the new palace at Makarpura near Baroda Gujarat from the Curzon Collection taken by an unknown photographer during the 1890s The palace was built by the Gaekwar Sayaji Rao III ruled 1875-1939 between 1883-1890 as a country residence and designed by Robert Fellowes Chisholm 1840-1915 in an Italian Renaissance style It lies to the south of Baroda and is surrounded by English-style formal gardens The durbar or royal audience hall interior is a combination of traditional and modern design It has a viewing gallery at the upper level for women of the court and other observers but is decorated and furnished in a western style The walls are hung with oil paintings and upholstered Victorian furniture is arranged informally about the room s 1890 http //www oldindianphotos in/2010_07_09_archive html author other versions Custom license marker 2014 11 27 PD-100 Vadodara in the 1890s Uploaded with UploadWizard Makarpura Palace Durbar court British Library Photo 430 Curzon Collection Interiors of palaces in Gujarat |