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ARTH3810 2019F Class Projects (Publication)Main MenuThe Tent Room at Rideau HallKyle Kreutner, Page 1 of 6The Webley Shacks: Unconventional Furniture Use in the Context of Ceaseless SurveillanceJose BawaganImperial Theater By Munawar MobinKeagan F - CSTM Sound HistoryIntroductionThe Mayfair TheatreSimran S.An Investigation of Hospital Interiors Effect on Patients144 Loretta Avenue North, Aidan MacNaullAidan MacNaull 144 Loretta Avenue NorthWest Block - Canada's New House of Commonsby Devon RudykRideau Street Chapel: The Effects of Relocation on the Experience of an Interiorby Ty FollisThe Church of St. Andrew's OttawaDavid Bastien-AllardMaking the Past Present: Union Station Restoration – A Political Facelift?by Vivian AstroffDelegation of the Ismali ImamatThe National Arts Centre: Reflecting on its Past and PresentSaint Paul University - A Shift in ValuesReem SiageFilm in Ottawa: The Mayfair theatreby Giovanna Maria SangCGM -An Investigation of Hospital Interiors Effect on PatientsThe Chateau LaurierBy Jessica El-GhazalReusable Space: The Senate of Canada Buildingby Syenne HolderNational Gallery of Canada - Seeing the Colonnade Through a Semiological Lens by Ricky TongRickyTHE OTTAWA STATIONEhidiamen Iyamabo, HomePageAVRC81ff8dad33b7fe77eee9a543209e890531c75438
Senate Chamber Decorated in Traditional "Royal Red" with Maple Leaf Motif Carpet
12023-08-01T13:08:06-07:00The Senate Chamber9plain2023-10-24T11:26:17-07:00 Under the original coffered ceiling of the railway’s loading concourse, the “Red” Chamber is fitted to accommodate senators in traditional splendour. True to its roots in the British House of Lords, the chamber is furnished in royal red. The senators' red leather chairs and vintage desks have been moved here from Parliament Hill, and three newly-manufactured Sovereign Thrones are installed. These are used for the opening of Parliament by the Speaker of the Senate, the Queen, and her consort or the Governor General. They were commissioned to mark the 150th anniversary of the Senate, and to be more compatible with the building's Beaux-Arts style than the Gothic originals. Highly symbolic, the thrones literally represent the majesty and power attributed to kings, and their elevation on steps signifies authority over all (Joyal 1999). Here again is a symbolic representation that power and authority rests with an elite.
Traditional "Canadian" symbols in the Chamber include maple leafs embedded in the bright red carpet and on the wall behind the Thrones, a carved Canadian coat of arms above the Thrones, and coats of arms for each of the provinces and territories mounted on pilasters (carved with stylized pine cones) lining the walls and encircling the chamber.
