SM Adam volume 12/53

[49] Design for a ceiling for the second drawing room, 1772, as executed

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with apsidal ends. The ceiling is formed with three rectangular compartments ornamented with a central patera, set within an oval band of Vitruvian scroll, and a band of enclosed anthemia segmented by rosettes. The oval is flanked by bands of fluting, and figurative tablets set within a rectangular band of calyx. Beyond this there is a semi-circular compartment containing a tripod flanked by winged putti, and the compartment is bordered by scrolled hearts and a band of rosettes and swags, and is flanked by further swags. Beyond the semi-circular compartments there is a panel containing a half putto flanked by arabesques and a further band of fluting. The rectangular compartments are separated by a continuous band of arabesques supporting anthemia enclosed within wreaths, and this is flanked by bands of guilloche, and terminates in tablets containing urns. The apses are bordered by a band of scrolled hearts, and are ornamented with a part-patera, set within a band of scrolled hearts enclosing anthemia. Beyond this there are rosettes and festoons which suspend medallions enclosed within wreaths, and these are set within compartments in the form of fret. The apse has a border of fluting, which is separated by tablets containing rosettes and swags, which support pedestals bearing urns