John Dibblee Crace

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John Dibblee Crace (1838 – 18 November 1919) was a distinguished British interior designer. He provided decorative schemes for the British Museum, the National Gallery,^[1] the Royal Academy and Longleat among many other notable buildings. Considered the acme of High Victorianism, his work fell out of fashion in the 20th century and much of it was painted over. Only recently has his public work returned to the fore, after a string of restorations (of the British Museum in 2000, the RA in 2004 and the National Gallery in 2005) that revealed his original designs.^{[citation needed]}

Crace's decoration for the Royal Academy's Fine Rooms is under threat as a painting by William Kent in good condition is known to be underneath it.^[2]