The Painted Ceiling: Over 100 Original Designs and Details

Decorative, unclipped dustjacket has edge wear along the top and bottom with noticeably more wear at the top and bottom of the spine. The rear cover has a slight crease that is most noticeable from the inside of the jacket. Beautiful navy-blue cloth hardbound boards have gold gilt debossed text to the spine. Spine and boards are in excellent condition with no wear and only one very small blemish on the rear board. All corners are sharp with no bumping. Spine is straight and firm. Hinges are firmly attached to the decorative light blue endpapers which have some rubbing. Text block is firm and solid with all pages attached. The interior pages are clean with no tears, chips, creases, or previous owner marks. A stunning book filled with over 160 color full size and intext illustrations that readers can choose and use to create a painted ceiling of their choice. Oversized book may require extra postage. Graham Redgrave-Rust (1942 - ) studied painting at the Regent Street Art School, the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London and the National Academy of Art in New York. In 1968 he spent a year as artist in residence at Woodberry Forest School in Orange, Virginia. He is internationally renowned for his murals and ceiling paintings. His most important work is the mural "The Temptation" at the entrance of Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, which was started in 1969 and finished in 1983. He was held numerous exhibitions, published books, and illustrated books for others, over his long successful career.