Design for the ceiling of the Red Room at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire
Rattee & Kett (1855 - 1926)
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1856
Materials
Pen and ink
Measurements
374 x 545 mm
Place of origin
Cambridge
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206217.1
Summary
Rattee and Kett. Design for the ceiling of the Red Room at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, c.1856, inscribed 'Ceiling of Red Dining Room'; 'Wimpole Hall', pen and ink (374 x 545mm)
Full description
A proposal for a new plaster ceiling for the red dining room, now known as the Red Room. The fireplace (south) is marked at the bottom of the drawing. Catalogue entry adapted from David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007
Provenance
Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke (1799 - 1873); bequeathed by Elsie Kipling, Mrs George Bambridge (1896 – 1976), daughter of Rudyard Kipling, to the National Trust together with Wimpole Hall, all its contents and an estate of 3000 acres.
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom, centre: Ceiling of Red Dining Room Bottom right: Wimpole Hall
Makers and roles
Rattee & Kett (1855 - 1926), designer previously catalogued as by Henry Edward Kendall (York 1776 - Westminster 1875), architect
References
Adshead 2007: David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007, p.129, no. 278