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Reference number

SM Adam volume 3/99

Purpose

[32] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the ante room, c1772, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a square, vaulted ceiling ornamented with a central patera set within oval bands of fluting, and of foil and guilloche, and this is set within a square compartment with corner fans, and the compartment is segmented by medallions depicting hippocampi. Beyond this there are rosettes and festoons of calyx, and the corners are ornamented with anthemia and cameos. All of this is set within a square band of scales

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Sketch for Sir W. W. W. s antiroom cieling –

Signed and dated

  • c1772
    c1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (163 x 200)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 284
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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