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[8] Design for the hall ceiling for Bowood, 1761, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/75
Purpose
[8] Design for the hall ceiling for Bowood, 1761, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling, divided by bands of fluting. There is a central square compartment containing a circle of acanthus leaves, with a central patera encircled by a band of enclosed anthemia, and with anthemia and rinceaux in each corner. The central square compartment is flanked by tripartite rectangular compartments, each with a rosette enclosed by a fan at each end. The whole ceiling has an additional, rectangular compartment to the right-hand side, with an unornamented central flat
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of this Hall at Bowood and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- December 1761
Decr 1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (448 x 311)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
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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