A book of ceilings, composed in the style of the antique grotesque
A book of ceiling designs by George Richardson, published in London in 1776 for the trade and for patrons of interior decoration, drawing on antique grotesque ornament. The plates show full ceiling layouts built from radiating panels, medallions and border strips, with pale green and cream grounds picked out in red and brown line work. A designer could take from them the octagonal and circular compositions, the framed central medallions, and the repeating scrolls and fans that fill the corners.
