Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Laxmi Vilas Palace

Collection: 
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title: 
Laxmi Vilas Palace
Image View: 
Detail, left wing (north), exterior, central cupola and tower dominate the facade
Creator: 
Charles Mant (British (modern) architect, 1840-1881); Robert Fellowes Chisholm (British (modern) architect, 1840-1915); Sayaji Rao Gaekwar III, Maharaja of Baroda (Indian (South Asian) ruler, 1863-1939)
Location: 
site: Vadodara, Gujarāt, India
Location Note: 
formerly Baroda; Gate No. 2 Laxmi Vilas Palace Estate, J.N.Marg
GPS: 
+22.2939+73.1914
Date: 
1878-1890 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Indian (South Asian); Islamic; Mughal
Style Period: 
Anglo-Mughal; Nineteenth century
Work Type 1: 
royal palace
Classification: 
Architecture and City Planning
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Measurements: 
150 m (length, building)
Subjects: 
architecture; rulers and leaders; Indo-Saracenic Revival; revival styles; Gaekwad
Description: 
The palace is the residence of Baroda State's Maratha royal family, the Gaekwads (ruled 1721-1947). Although no longer ruling the state (which was subsumed by India), the royal family still occupies the palace. The palace was built for Maharaja Sayaji Rao III (reigned 1875-1936). Designed by Charles Mant (died 1881) in the Indo-Saracenic style and completed by Robert Fellowes Chisholm. The 150 m-long building comprises three distinct parts: the public rooms, primarily in Mughal style; the prince’s private apartments, which emulate Rajput architecture; and the women’s quarters, executed in the Gujarati regional style. The interior is almost completely Western in layout and furnishings, with billiard and dining rooms, elevators and a vast durbar hall decorated with a Venetian floor mosaic. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection: 
Archivision Addition Module Twelve
Identifier: 
1A2-IN-VAD-LVP-A02
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.