The Red Drawing Room is designed as an ante chamber to the Long Gallery. The walls are hung in crimson Spitalfield silk cloth and give the room a rich warmth. The ceiling is made up of 239 roundels painted by Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785). The room also holds an important collection of portraits from Stuart royalty and the Percy family, apparently Sir Peter Lely's portrait of Charles I and the Duke of York were painted at Syon.
The picture shows the Red Drawing Room.
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