John Dibblee Crace (1838-1919)

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John Dibblee Crace (1838-1919)
Full Scale Cartoons for painted and leaded Glass; and Further Designs for Panels of painted and leaded Glass
all but one inscribed with the designer's notes and one further inscribed 'F. Lawson Esq./17 Stratton Street/Centre-Bay Window'; pencil and watercolour, unframed
39.3/8 x 24½in. (1000 x 620mm.); and smaller; and plans and details of windows for Ely Court dated '1892', Summerlands dated '1892', further miscellaneous cartoons for glass and embroidery one inscribed on the reverse 'Large Vallance.Drawing Room/altered in tracing/Mercer's Hall', and a Design for a Brussels Carpet signed and dated 'J.D. Crace/1865' and fully pricked for transfer (21)

Lot Essay

Panels with floral motifs were a recurring feature of Crace decoration. The Victoria and Albert Museum has a fragmentary design of this type for 9 St. James's Square, London, 1872. Similar motifs were used at Knightshayes Court, Devon, circa 1876 (National Trust).

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