[47] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the second drawing room, c1772, as executed

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/126

Purpose

[47] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the second drawing room, c1772, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling with a central rectangular compartment ornamented with a panel depicting a chariot, and this is enclosed within a rectangular band of rosettes, surrounded by cameos, and set within an oval compartment. The oval compartment is flanked by semi-circular compartments depicting an urn and winged griffins, and beyond this there are panels containing arabesques. The flanking rectangular compartments are ornamented with a central figurative oval, set within oval bands of rosettes and of semi-circular-headed bands. Beyond this there are further semi-circular compartments containing urns and griffins, and panels ornamented with arabesques. The rectangular compartments are all bordered with Vitruvian scroll, and are separated by a band of rosette roundels which terminates in panels containing urns

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

c1772
c1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on sugar paper (417 x 250)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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