english heritage

摘要

IF a ceiling could talk, the immense one beautified by ornate plasterwork reliefs looming 17 feet above the vast, ballroom-size drawing room within the newly restored home of AD100 decorator Francis Sultana and gallerist David Gill, at London's fabled Albany residential complex, could certainly tell fascinating stories. Measuring 24 by 36 feet, the ceiling was conceived by architect Sir William Chambers as a crowning touch to the most prominent of several town houses he constructed after remodeling the Queen's House (later known as Buckingham Palace).