[15] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the circular banqueting room, c1770, thought to be as executed

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  - Alnwick Castle, Northumberland: designs for interior decoration and buildings in the park for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1769-83 (36)
    - Preliminary design and record drawing for the ceiling for the circular banqueting room, 1770, thought to be as executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 52/36

Purpose

[15] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the circular banqueting room, c1770, thought to be as executed

Aspect

Plan showing two ornamental details. On the left-hand side is a detail of a band of paterae enclosed within vesica-shaped fans of trefoils, alternating with large quatrefoils enclosing putti, and with rosettes between the fans at each end, and this is flanked by borders of lozenges. On the right-hand side is a detail of a band of quatrefoils enclosed within vesica-shaped compartments, alternating with enclosed rosettes

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

1770
datable to c1770

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (282 x 156)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Harris, 2001, pp. 93, 344
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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