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[34] Unfinished design for a ceiling for the second library, 1777, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/31
Purpose
[34] Unfinished design for a ceiling for the second library, 1777, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling flanked by two rectangular compartments. The ceiling is ornamented with a central figurative roundel set within circular bands, a band of enclosed calyx supporting anthemia, and further circular bands. Beyond this there are rosettes set within roundels, with aprons of arabesques and flora, all set within a lozenge-shaped compartment bordered by reed and ribbon. Beyond the compartment there are festoons which suspend figurative ovals set within wreaths, and all this is bordered by bands of Vitruvian scroll and flanked by strip compartments ornamented with calyx. The rectangular compartment to the left is bordered by bands of anthemia enclosed within guilloche. The rectangular compartment to the right is bordered with a continuous band of enclosed calyx
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the second Library room at Roxbughe House / L green (pencil) / purple (pencil) / White (pencil) / Pink (?) & green (pencil) / white (pencil) / purple(?) (pencil) / l green (pencil) / white (pencil) / Light green (pencil) / Practically all carried out (modern curatorial hand, Arthur Bolton, pencil) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- December 1777
Adelphi / 31.st Dec.r 1777.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (417 x 312)
Hand
Probably
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 39
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 293
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 293
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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