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  • image SM Adam volume 8/78

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/78

Purpose

[26] Alternative preliminary design for a ceiling for the second drawing room, c1773, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling ornamented with a central figurative oval enclosed within a band of rosettes. Beyond this there is an oval band of Vitruvian scroll, and a band of swags enclosing rosettes. Suspended from the swags there are further oval figurative scenes, with the large corner ovals enclosed within bands of guilloche. The smaller figurative ovals are flanked by recumbent, winged sphinxes, and all this is enclosed within a band of guilloche, with swags enclosing rosettes beyond. The corners are ornamented with arabesques, swags and suspended peltoid shields

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Ceiling for the Room MarkD B in the Plan- Lord Ashburnham house (pencil) / Chimney (pencil) / center of Door (pencil) / Center of Window (pencil) / Center of Window (pencil)

Signed and dated

  • c1773
    c1773

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (481 x 327)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

King, 2001, Volume I, p. 298
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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