[21] Design for the ceiling for the music room, as executed, 1780

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Cumberland House, 86 Pall Mall, London: designs for the interior, and additions to the house for the Duke of Cumberland, August 1780 - January 1788 (69)
      - Designs for the interior decoration, including the great dining room, music room, eating room, drawing rooms and boudoir (59)
        Preliminary design, design and record drawing for the ceiling for the music room, as executed, 1780 (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 14/78

Purpose

[21] Design for the ceiling for the music room, as executed, 1780

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central oval, and contiguous lunette compartments, each with a border of enclosed rosettes. The central oval contains an oval medallion, festoons, and musical trophies, and the lunettes to either side contain lunette-shaped panels. The whole is bordered by musical trophies, arabesques, fans, anthemia, and patera in each corner

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

A new Design for the Cieling of the Music room at Cumberland House

Signed and dated

August 1780
August 10 1780

Medium and dimensions

Pen, wash and coloured washes including olive green and violet on laid paper (424 x 596)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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