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  • image SM Adam volume 11/101

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, pp. 32
King, 2001, pp. 188-189
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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