Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . residents were the Duke of St Albansand Prince Esterhazy; but it is also remembered that the GrandDuke Nicholas of Russia also stayed there, immediately before theCrimean War. The only room on the ground floor that appearsto contain the ori-ginal decoration un-altered is the Dining-Room, a commodiousapartment, whichoverlooks StratfordPlace. The walls arenow cream in colourand the ceiling white,apart from the giltrims around the paint-ings and the circularpanels of paintin
Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . residents were the Duke of St Albansand Prince Esterhazy; but it is also remembered that the GrandDuke Nicholas of Russia also stayed there, immediately before theCrimean War. The only room on the ground floor that appearsto contain the ori-ginal decoration un-altered is the Dining-Room, a commodiousapartment, whichoverlooks StratfordPlace. The walls arenow cream in colourand the ceiling white,apart from the giltrims around the paint-ings and the circularpanels of paintings are inall probability thework of AngelicaKaufmann, who isbelieved to have beenresponsible for almostall the ceiling paint-ings in the chimney-pieceis of white marble,with which yellow Sienese breccia has been combined; the effect can be seen inFig. 185. The adjoining Library has been almost entirely remodelledat a comparatively recent date, when the walls were lined withSpanish mahogany bookcases. The finest apartment upon thefirst floor is the large Drawing-Room or Ball - Room, in which,32. Fig. 184.—Entrance Hall, Stratford House.
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