A mid eighteenth-century floor at Audley End

Drury, P. J.

doi:10.1179/pma.1982.007

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“…7 An archaeological excavation in advance of the reconstruction of the decaying floors of the Red Bedroom and Red Dressing Room was undertaken in June 1979 under the direc- tion of the writer for Chelmsford Archaeological Trust on behalf of the Department of the Environment. A full 'level 3' report was compiled, 8 but, since much of the information recovered is only intelligible in the wider context of the architectural history of the building as a whole, 9 direct publication has been confined to two aspects of eighteenth-century building technology-floor construction 10 and decorative plasterwork, the latter being the principal subject of this paper.…”

Section: The Evidence From Audley Endmentioning

confidence: 99%

Joseph Rose Senior's Site Workshop at Audley End, Essex: Aspects of the Development of Decorative Plasterwork Technology in Britain During the Eighteenth Century

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1984

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SummaryExcavation within part of the former library at Audley End House, Essex, in 1979 brought to light debris from the plaster ceiling erected between 1753 and 1762, and much workshop debris relating to the decorative plasterwork executed throughout the new Great Apartments by Joseph Rose senior, to the designs of Robert Adam, in 1764-6. The latter material is used to demonstrate in detail the technology of decorative gypsum plasterwork. This is contrasted with the methods used by the stuccoist Thomas Clayton at Châtelhérault, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, c. 1742-6, and the eclectic technology evidenced in the earlier library ceiling at Audley End. Finally, the development of the technology of decorative plasterwork in Britain between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries is reviewed in the light of information currently available.

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Section: The Evidence From Audley Endmentioning

confidence: 99%