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[1] Design for a ceiling for the dining room, unexecuted, 1766
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/231
Purpose
[1] Design for a ceiling for the dining room, unexecuted, 1766
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, composed of alternating square compartments containing rosettes enclosed within lozenges, and octagonal compartments containing enclosed patera and drops of calyx, and with a dotted line showing the outline of a window bay at the left-hand end
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for William Constable Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (387 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton
Notes
See scheme notes.
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 53
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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