Ceiling
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1741
Materials
Timber and lime plaster
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 587113
Summary
Decorative plaster ceiling, lath & lime plaster suspended on joists. Elaborate Rococo decoration and cornicing executed in freehand stucco by the Italian stuccadore Pietro Lafrachini. The ceiling decoration theme has sphinxes amongst Rococo curves abundant vegetation and three -dimensional floral garlands and cornucopia and shells. The flat central area is a bold Greek key frame and more regular geometry.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt