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[23] Design for a ceiling for the first drawing room, 1773, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/128
Purpose
[23] Design for a ceiling for the first drawing room, 1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling, with a central square compartment ornamented with a rosette enclosed within a circular band of guilloche, a band of fluting and a band of wreaths enclosing rosettes. Beyond this there are oval figurative scenes set with wreaths, and a further circular band of rosettes. Beyond this there are festoons which suspend arabesques and wreaths enclosing elliptical cameos. The central compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments ornamented with rosettes surrounded by festoons and calyx, and enclosed within roundels which form a continuous band. Each roundel is flanked by anthemia. The compartments are surrounded by bands of guilloche which enclose calyx
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the 1.st Drawing room at Ashburnham House (underwritten in pencil) / 128
Signed and dated
- 1773
1773.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including Naples yellow, olive green, cerulean blue, and Indian red on laid paper (550 x 405)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi
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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