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[35] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the third drawing room, c1773, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/125
Purpose
[35] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the third drawing room, c1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling with a central compartment ornamented with a figurative oval enclosed within an oval band of foil, rosettes and calyx, and with a band of anthemia set within semi-circular-headed compartments beyond. All this is surrounded by further oval bands of rosettes, Vitruvian scroll, and a band of enclosed calyx. Beyond this there are rosettes, swags and figurative roundels. There are corner fans ornamented with part-paterae and rosettes enclosed within semi-circular-headed compartments. The central compartment is flanked by strip compartments ornamented with arabesques and rosettes, and each compartment is bordered by bands of rope moulding. The ceiling is bordered by a band of Vitruvian scroll enclosing anthemia
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Ceiling for the Room Markd A on the Plan (pencil) / Lord Ashburnham (pencil) / Center of Wind[_ _] (cropped, pencil) / Center of Wind[_ _] (cropped, pencil) / Lord Ashb[urnham] (cropped, pencil) / of Door (cropped, pencil) / [Chi]mney (cropped, pencil) / of Door (cropped, pencil) / Center of Windo[_] (cropped, pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1773
c1773
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (414 x 350)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 36
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 298
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 298
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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