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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/235

Purpose

[1] Record drawing for a ceiling for Lady Holland's bedroom, 1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular compartmental ceiling, divided by bands of Vitruvian scroll, and with a bow on one side, with a central rosette, enclosed within a fan ornamented with calyx, and within a circular frame of cable moulding, and with calyx and peltoid shields in the corners, and this is flanked by shaped squares containing calyx, and lozenges enclosing rosettes, and these are framed by rectangular compartments containing festoons, enclosed rosettes, and peltoid shields, and with a square compartment containing rinceaux in each corner. The bow is ornamented with a central rosette, enclosed by a fan, and a frame of cable moulding, a band of lozenges enclosing miniature rosettes, and a band of compartments containing rinceaux, urns, and winged griffons

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for Lady Hollands Bed Chamber at Kingsgate

Signed and dated

  • 1767
    1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (300 x 276)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 20
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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