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[4] Design for a ceiling for the ante room, 1769, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/10
Purpose
[4] Design for a ceiling for the ante room, 1769, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling with a fireplace on one side. The ceiling is ornamented with a central rosette enclosed within a band of calyx flanked by bands of beading, and a band of foil supporting calyx. All this is enclosed within a circular fan ornamented with enclosed rosettes, anthemia, arabesques, and calyx. Beyond this calyx suspend wreaths enclosing cameos
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Anti room at Lord Kerry’s in Portman Square- / Anti Room Parlor Story (pencil) / 10
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink, violet, cerulean blue and verdigris on laid paper (461 x 415)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 167
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 167
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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