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[2] Record drawing for the dining room, c1766, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/176
Purpose
[2] Record drawing for the dining room, c1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette encircled by bands of enclosed rosettes, arabesques, and festoons, and with a border of fret, with an octagonal compartment in each corner containing an enclosed rosette, and arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
A Design of a Cieling for the Dining Room at Kimbolton Castle in Huntingdonshire and (verso) Section of a Room for the Duke of Manchester
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (508 x 429)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith, and title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 20
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 179
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 179
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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