[28] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the saloon, 1769, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Luton Park, designs for a house and interiors including an organ case for John Crichton Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, c1763-72 (56)
    - Alternative design and finished drawing for a ceiling for the saloon, 1769 (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 12/18

Purpose

[28] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the saloon, 1769, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a tripartite rectangular ceiling, with an apse on one long side. The central compartment is ornamented with a tripartite design, with a central rosette enclosed within a band of rope moulding and surrounded by calyx bearing anthemia. This is set within a lozenge, with festoons of husks suspending peltoid shields beyond, and all this is within a band of enclosed anthemia. The central design is flanked by panels ornamented with rosettes and arabesques. The apse is ornamented with a band of guilloche surmounted by a half-patera, enclosed within a fan ornamented with calyx and rosettes, and with a border of fluting. All this is enclosed within a band of guilloche, and a band of calyx bearing anthemia. The central compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments, with a central panel ornamented with rosettes enclosed within lozenges. This is bordered by a band of arabesques supporting anthemia and calyx

Scale

bar scale of 2 2/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Cieling of the Saloon at Luton / 18.

Signed and dated

1769
1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (637 x 410)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

LVG surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 21
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 18, 122, 122 n.20
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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