Design for Library Ceiling
James Paine the Elder (bap. c.1717 - 1789)
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
1752
Materials
Ink and paper
Measurements
317 x 404 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1403424.31
Summary
An architectural drawing. James Paine the elder. Design for Library Ceiling, 1752. Pen and black ink, brown wash. Verso: Letter of James Rumball to Mr George Green, Plasterer at Felbrigg. Pencil sketch of moulding. Brown ink, some pencil. See #29.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Marks and inscriptions
NB. / Part of these mouldings are ornamented if Mr Windham approves / to have the whole ornamented you must prepare accordingly. Astragal moulding at ... / large line of the Cieling Holler Street Aug'st 25th 1752 / Mr Green / Sir / Herewith you'll Receive the Cieling for the Library. / The Ornament for the Stair Case Cieling is in hand, My Master Desired / me to acquanit you, that you mistake his intentions in regard to the / North End of the Stair Case, he never intended any alterations in the / Disposition only to alter the Pedestal upon which the Medallion stands, / so that you may proceed with the mouldings &c of the Stairs, and / the alteration of the Pedestal will be sent you, with the ornamends / for the Pannels in the Cieling in a few Posts. / I am / For Mr James Paine / Your H'ble Servt / Jo's Rumball Ja... To / Mr George Green / Plaisterer / at William Windham's Esq / at / Felbrigg Hall / near Cromer / Norfolk [rest of sealing wax - stamp mark
Makers and roles
James Paine the Elder (bap. c.1717 - 1789), architect