Ceiling
attributed to Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792)
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plaster and paint
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107981
Summary
Decorative plaster ceiling in the Dining Room. It is highly decorated with Neoclassical motifs. There is a central roundel containing a painting. This is surrounded by a large rectangular border containing figures of griffins. The rest of the ceiling is covered in foliate designs interspersed with eight paintings in rectangles or roundels. The ceiling is painted white, green and pink. On the West wall is a half-domed apse with highly decorative plasterwork on the domed ceiling. This is painted white and green. The wall frieze shows griffins interspersed with foliate urns.
Makers and roles
attributed to Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), designer attributed to Joseph Rose Sr (c.1723 - 1780), maker