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[22] Alternative design for a ceiling for the first drawing room, 1773, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/127
Purpose
[22] Alternative design for a ceiling for the first drawing room, 1773, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling with a central square compartment ornamented with a rosette, and this is enclosed within a plain band and set within a band of wreaths. Beyond this there are festoons of husks enclosing paterae, drop calyx suspending oval figurative scenes, and a circular band of beading, all set within a lozenge. Beyond the lozenge there are further festoons which suspend figurative roundels set within wreaths, with aprons of scrolled hearts and drop calyx. The central square compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments ornamented with rosettes surrounded by calyx, and set within a band of lozenges. The lozenges are flanked by further calyx supporting anthemia
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the first Drawing room at Ashburnham House / not executed / 127
Signed and dated
- April 1773
Adelphi / 10.t April 1773.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (595 x 430)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
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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