[52] Alternative design for the ceiling of the third / great drawing room, c1778, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 14/37

Purpose

[52] Alternative design for the ceiling of the third / great drawing room, c1778, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling with an apse on one long side. The central square compartment is ornamented with a figurative roundel set within a circular fan ornamented with rosette roundels and bands of beading, and bordered by anthemia enclosed within scrolled hearts. Beyond this there are further circular bands, a band of rosettes, and a circular band of enclosed calyx and anthemia. Beyond this there are festoons of husks which suspend cameos, and the square compartment is bordered by anthemia enclosed within scrolled hearts. The flanking rectangular compartments are ornamented with a figurative oval surmounted by an anthemion and flanked by pedestals supporting urns, winged sphinxes, and arabesques. All this has an apron of rosettes and calyx festoons, and the rectangular compartments are bordered by anthemia enclosed within scrolled hearts. The apse is ornamented as the rectangular compartments

Scale

bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

37.

Signed and dated

c1778
c1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (519 x 412)

Hand

Possibly
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.

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