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[46] Design for a ceiling for Lady Bute's dressing room, 1769, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/22
Purpose
[46] Design for a ceiling for Lady Bute's dressing room, 1769, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of an apsidal ended ceiling, ornamented with a central rosette surrounded by enclosed anthemia and calyx set within a band of guilloche. Beyond this there is a lozenge with corner arabesques and rosettes, and the lozenge is surmounted by festoons of husks and rosettes crossed by thyrsi. All this is surrounded by rectangular compartments ornamented with rosettes set within lozenges, and with square corner compartments enclosing rosettes set within roundels, and bordered with bands of guilloche. The apsidal ends are ornamented with part-paterae enclosed within a band of guilloche and set within fans ornamented with arabesques and fluting. The fan is enclosed within a further band of guilloche, and beyond this there are festoons of husks
Scale
bar scale of 5 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Cieling for Lady Bute's Dressing room. not executed / 22. / (and in pencil) 2 [_ _] [_ _ _ _] / Design of the Cieling of / Drawing Room -
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (564 x 424)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 21
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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