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[21] Unfinished design for a ceiling for the eating room, 1778, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/32
Purpose
[21] Unfinished design for a ceiling for the eating room, 1778, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with an apse on one long side. The ceiling is ornamented with a central roundel enclosed within a band of rosettes, surrounded by arabesques and a fan in the form of an oval. The fan is ornamented with rosette roundels and calyx, and is enclosed within an oval band of foil and rosettes, an oval band of continuous wreaths enclosing rosettes, and an oval band of laurel leaf tips. Beyond this there are irregularly shaped corner compartments ornamented with roundels enclosed within a band of rosettes and flaked by half putti and arabesques. The central oval is flanked by strip compartments ornamented with rosettes set within roundels and surmounted by further roundels. The apse is ornamented with a part-patera set within a band of enclosed anthemia and calyx, and a fan ornamented with rosette roundels
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Eating room at Roxburghe House- / Cornice / 32. And some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- January 1778
Adelphi / 31.st Janry 1778-
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (506 x 415)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
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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