[23] Finished drawing for the eating room ceiling, 1779, executed to a variant design

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 14/62

Purpose

[23] Finished drawing for the eating room ceiling, 1779, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Ceiling plan for a double-apsidal room, with a central square compartment flanked by two apsidal compartments. The central compartment contains a roundel set within a border of enclosed anthemion, followed by bands of husks with peltoid shields, set within a border of enclosed calyx pairs, followed by a wreath of husks enclosing eight rosettes (in two sizes) to the centre and corner angles of the square, with panels containing urns flanked by griffons, with rinceaux, festoons and calyx drops, set within the corners, all bound by a beaded border. The apsidal compartments have a central roundel bound by a border of guilloche, separating the compartment into a lunette, adorned with husks and enclosed rosettes, and a rectangle, adorned with beading, fans, urns flanked by griffons and oval cameos

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Cieling for the Eating room at Culean Castle / 62

Signed and dated

1779
Adelphi / 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including cerulean, pink and lemon yellow on laid paper (568x407)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

Footed P

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 8
Harris, 2001, pp. 329-30
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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