Chinese Silk Wall Covering.

The walls of the Billiard Room are decorated with a hand-painted Chinese silk wall covering.

In the early 1990s, during the restoration of this room, a fragment of original wall covering was found concealed behind a bell pull. It allowed a similar material to be sourced from deGourney of London.

This type of wall covering is very unusual for a Billiard Room. It may have been chosen for the visit of the English Queen Victoria, to Muckross, in August 1861. During that visit, the Billiard Room was used as a private, informal Dining Room, at lunch times, by the royal family. The Dining Room was used for the formal, evening meals.