Design for a panelled ceiling
Drawing
1850-1900 (made)
1850-1900 (made)
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John Dibblee Crace first came to public notice through his Gothic- and Renaissance-style furniture for the International Exhibition of 1862. His clients included the 4th Marquess of Bath for whom he redecorated Longleat, and William Waldorf Astor who commissioned him to decorate Cliveden (ca. 1895).
The Crace family were the most important firm of interior decorators working in the 19th century. They worked for every British monarch from George III to Queen Victoria and on a range of buildings that includes royal palaces, Leeds Town Hall and the Great Exhibition building of 1862.
The Crace family were the most important firm of interior decorators working in the 19th century. They worked for every British monarch from George III to Queen Victoria and on a range of buildings that includes royal palaces, Leeds Town Hall and the Great Exhibition building of 1862.
Object details
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| Title | Design for a panelled ceiling (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour |
| Brief description | Design for a panelled ceiling in the Jacobean style incorporating neoclassical element, for Brook House, London; by J.D. Crace. |
| Physical description | Design for a panelled ceiling in the Jacobean style incorporating neoclassical element, the centre a cloudy sky with putti |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Brook House |
| Object history | Given by Mrs Eilieen Crace |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | John Dibblee Crace first came to public notice through his Gothic- and Renaissance-style furniture for the International Exhibition of 1862. His clients included the 4th Marquess of Bath for whom he redecorated Longleat, and William Waldorf Astor who commissioned him to decorate Cliveden (ca. 1895). The Crace family were the most important firm of interior decorators working in the 19th century. They worked for every British monarch from George III to Queen Victoria and on a range of buildings that includes royal palaces, Leeds Town Hall and the Great Exhibition building of 1862. |
| Bibliographic reference | Megan Aldrich, The Craces: royal decorators 1768-1899, London, Murray, 1990. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.712-1981 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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