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[91] Alternative design for the soffit to the half landing in the great staircase, 1769
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/156
Purpose
[91] Alternative design for the soffit to the half landing in the great staircase, 1769
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling, divided by bands of enclosed rosettes and anthemia, with a central rectangle containing an enclosed patera, framed by four drops of rinceaux, within an oval fluted frame, and with an enclosed rosette in each corner, and the central rectangle is flanked by bordering rectangles containing enclosed rosettes, frame by four drops of rinceaux, within a lozenge-shaped frame, with an enclosed rosette in each corner
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for half pace of Great Staircase at Gawthorpe (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- c1769
datable to c1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (436 x 256)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
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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