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| Frederick Crace Exterior view of Frederick Crace and Son Establishment, 14 Wigmore Street, London ca. 1827-40 watercolor Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
Frederick Crace (1779-1859) is identified in the Dictionary of National Biography as an "architectural decorator," famously skilled at blending Chinese, Islamic and Mughal elements into the "exoticism" that prevailed at the top of the market in his day. He supplied a plenitude of inspirations for the interiors of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, enlarged and radically refitted for George IV between 1815 and 1822. Crace produced numerous alternative proposals in the form of highly finished watercolors and gouaches, as sampled here. These offered a range of schemes and choices, ultimately intended for execution by lesser craftspeople.
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| Frederick Crace Design for Music Room, North Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton ca. 1818-19 watercolor, gouache Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Frederick Crace Design for Music Room, North Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton ca. 1818-19 watercolor, gouache Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Frederick Crace Design for Music Room, South Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton ca. 1818-19 watercolor, gouache Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Frederick Crace Design for Music Room, West Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton ca. 1818-19 watercolor, gouache Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Frederick Crace Design for Music Room Carpet, Royal Pavilion, Brighton ca. 1818-19 watercolor, gouache Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Frederick Crace Design for Music Room Ceiling with Fretwork Balcony and Open Sky, Royal Pavilion, Brighton ca. 1820 watercolor Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Frederick Crace Design for Music Room, West Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton ca. 1817 watercolor Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Frederick Crace Design for Music Room Curtains, East Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton 1820 watercolor Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Frederick Crace Design for Music Room Curtains, East Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton ca. 1817 watercolor Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Frederick Crace Design for Music Room Curtains, Royal Pavilion, Brighton ca. 1818-19 watercolor Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Frederick Crace Design for Window Alcove, Royal Pavilion, Brighton ca. 1815-22 watercolor Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Frederick Crace Design for Window Alcove, Royal Pavilion, Brighton 1822 watercolor Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Frederick Crace Design for Wall Decoration with Oriental Landscape, Royal Pavilion, Brighton ca. 1815-22 watercolor Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |