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The small image at the top shows the cornice, or topmost section, of the wall of the same room. The two indentations correspond to the decorated ribs that protrude down from the ceiling into the room. It is clear from this layout that the designers and publishers behind the book could assume that the reader would know how to interpret architectural designs.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>The ceiling is symmetrical and made up of regular geometrical shapes. At the centre, two pairs of rectangles of different sizes flank an octagon. This format  is influenced by Italian Renaissance designs, such as those published by the architect Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554).<br><br><b>Use</b><br>Isaac Ware's book on Houghton Hall was published only a few years after the house was finished. 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With a Description of the House and of the Elegant Collection of Pictures', London 1735.\r","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"(Berlin I) Berlin Staatliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 2331."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Houghton Hall","id":"x33924"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"ceilings","id":"AAT2031"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThis design for a ceiling, from a drawing room at Houghton, is typical of Palladian ceilings with its heavy beams in a geometrical pattern. 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