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[11] Record drawing for a ceiling for a first drawing room, 1770, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/70
Purpose
[11] Record drawing for a ceiling for a first drawing room, 1770, as executed
Aspect
Rectangular ceiling plan containing a central patera enclosed within a fan, a beaded frame and a wide plain frame, connected to four enclosed rosettes connecting a frame of calyx pairs and rosettes wrapped in foliage, framed by beaded moulding and festoons, with scrolling foliage rising from an urn in each corner. There are bands at either end of the rectangular compartment containing enclosed rosettes in the corners and panels containing arabesques and griffons, divided by a guilloche border
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Cieling for the 1.st Drawing room for Lord Chief Baron Ord ~ / 70
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including verdigris, red, pink, cerulean blue and Indian yellow on laid paper (531x393)
Hand
possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
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
King, 2020, p245
Brune, 1991, pp. 475-482
Further literature references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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