Ceiling
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paint, Papier mache and Plaster
Measurements
7 x 6 metres
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Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire
NT 495079
Summary
Spenser Room ceiling The ceiling is flat across the middle area with a curved cornice. Within the middle area of the ceiling is a panel delineates by rib to form a main oval, set with decorated spandrel panels on 4 sides. There are four mask heads in the centre of each of the sides. This decoration is made of papier mâché. There is a central emblem of a French horn and quiver, set in place with small nails and painted cream. This is near the same colour paint for the rest of the ceiling.
Provenance
Part of the fixtures and fittings of the House transferred from the Dryden's to the National trust in 1981