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[2] Record drawing for a ceiling, c.1760-1, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/101
Purpose
[2] Record drawing for a ceiling, c.1760-1, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling comprising three octagonal coffers containing rosettes, the central coffer is adorned with acanthus leaves and fluting, and the outer two are adorned with ram masks and festoons. The coffers are bound by enclosed rosettes and rectangular panels containing a mixture of stylised palmettes, arabesques, cornucopia and tazza. There is a border around the ceiling adorned with calyx pairs
Scale
bar scale of 2 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Copy of the Cieling for the Most Honourable the Marquis of Tweedale’s Dining Room at Yester / 101
Signed and dated
- c.1760-61
datable to c.1760-1
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (283x451)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, pp. 32
King, 2001, pp. 188-189
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, 2001, pp. 188-189
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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