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(2) Frederick Crace
(b Greenwich, 3 June 1779; d London, 18 Sept 1859). Son of (1) John Crace. After an apprenticeship with Richard Holland, he began work for his father in 1793. He was particularly talented at gilding, marbling, graining and decorative painting, and in 1794 his work at Carlton House drew the attention of the Prince of Wales. From this time he worked almost exclusively for the Prince: he designed some of the interior decoration (c. 1802–4) at the Royal Pavilion, where he was recalled in 1815 to begin a new series of interiors in a spectacular Chinese style including the downstairs Corridor (c. 1815) and the Music Room (c. 1817–20; both altered). For the latter he designed curtains, a carpet (rewoven) and a large suite of furniture, made by the firm of Bailey & Saunders of London.
Part of the Crace family
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