[19] Record copy for the first drawing room ceiling, 1779, as executed

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 14/59

Purpose

[19] Record copy for the first drawing room ceiling, 1779, as executed

Aspect

Ceiling plan comprising a central roundel, with protruding rinceaux and palmette, enclosed in a concave lozenge with a beaded border, terminating in panels containing figures in bas-relief, and connected by figure-of-eight bands containing palmettes, enclosed by an oval border adorned with a scalloped edge terminating in pinecones, followed by a rectangular guilloche border, with enclosed rosettes and festoons of husks in the corners

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the 1.^st Drawing room at Cullean Castle / Basrelief / Picture / Basrelief with some dimensions

Signed and dated

30/8/1779
Adelphi / 30.^th August 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, Verdigris and Terre Verte coloured wash on laid paper (529x372)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 8
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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