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[13] Alternative record drawing for the ceiling for the great room at Bowood, 1763, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/79
Purpose
[13] Alternative record drawing for the ceiling for the great room at Bowood, 1763, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a cove. The central flat is ornamented with a grid pattern of paterae and fans enclosed within ovals, and with rosettes enclosed within lozenges in between, and ornamented with rinceaux in the ground. The cove is ornamented with anthemia, urns, masks, and rinceaux in the corners, and rosettes and fans enclosed within circles and lozenges along the sides
Scale
bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Great room at Bowood / Practically as executed (in pencil in the hand of Arthur Bolton)
Signed and dated
- 1763
1763 / 1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (465 x 349)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, Agostino Scara or Benedetto Napoletano
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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