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[24] Record copy for an alternative eating room ceiling, 1779, as executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/63
Purpose
[24] Record copy for an alternative eating room ceiling, 1779, as executed
Aspect
Ceiling plan, same as SM Adam volume 14/62 with the omission of the lunette decoration in the apsidal compartments, along with the rod, the pairs of urns and griffons, the corner fans with the connecting beading
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Eating room at Cullean Castle – / 63
Signed and dated
- 1779
1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including cerulean blue, pink, lemon yellow and Verdigris on laid paper (547x387)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 8
Harris, 2001, pp. 329-30
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, pp. 329-30
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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