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[9] Design for the ceiling for the hall, 1763, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/94
Purpose
[9] Design for the ceiling for the hall, 1763, executed with alterations
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central compartment of octagonal coffering, 7 octagons by three, ornamented with rosettes, and framed by a band of fret and festoons, and with an additional bordering rectangular compartment for the ceiling beyond the colonnade shown in Adam volume 41/19, with figure-of-eight of bell flowers enclosing rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of Lord Willoughby de Broke at Compton
Signed and dated
- 1763
1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (442 x 304)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 7
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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