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[2] Record drawing for a ceiling for the music room, 1766, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/233
Purpose
[2] Record drawing for a ceiling for the music room, 1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette, enclosed within a fan, a circular frame of cable moulding, and an octagonal fluted frame, supporting drops of calyx, at the end of which are anthemia, and which support festoons, and these drops and festoons enclose ovals panels containing urns
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of Music room for Sir Ralph Milbanke
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (338 x 289)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
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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