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[46] Design for a ceiling for Edwin Lascelles's dressing room, 1766, at least partly as executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
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- Harewood House, Yorkshire: designs for alterations to the church and house; for the interior decoration; and for a greenhouse and gateway for Edwin Lascelles, 1759-1782 (121)
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/141
Purpose
[46] Design for a ceiling for Edwin Lascelles's dressing room, 1766, at least partly as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, divided asymmetrically with a band of rosettes enclosed by linked circles, with three intertwined circles of reed and ribbon to the left, ornamented with rosettes, anthemia, and a vine, and with to the right is an oval of reed and ribbon, ornamented with rosettes, anthemia, calyx, and arabesques of acanthus leaves
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Dressing Room or Lodging Room at Gawthorpe
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (405 x 288)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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