Craces

This work describes the work of the Craces, who were distinguished decorators to the royal family between 1768 and 1899. The book shows the designs for furniture, ceilings, panelling and interiors.

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The Crace family were the most important firm of interior decorators working in Britain in the 19th century. They worked for every British monarch from George Ill to Queen Victoria and on a range of buildings that include royal palaces (among them the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle), the Prince of Wales' Carlton House, Leeds Town Hall, the Houses of Parliament, Knightshayes, Ickworth, Chatsworth, Cliveden, the Great Exhibition building of 1862 and numerous others. To study the Craces is to study the design of an age. This book is illustrated in colour and black-and-white showing the designs for furniture, ceilings, panelling and interiors in general together with photographs showing the interiors themselves.