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  • image SM Adam volume 12/66

Reference number

SM Adam volume 12/66

Purpose

[7] Design for a ceiling for a hall, 1770, as executed

Aspect

Rectangular ceiling plan containing a central lozenge decorated with an enclosed flower in the middle joined to each corner by chains of calyx. The outside corners of the lozenge display a rosette enclosed by a continuous festoon, and the lozenge itself is adorned with a fluted border and scalloped border, with acanthus leaf in the corners

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design of a Cieling for the Hall, for Lord Chief Baron Ord

Signed and dated

  • 1770
    1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (445x430)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 12
King, 2020, p245
Brune, 1991, pp. 475-482
Further literature references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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