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[3] Record drawing for the ceiling of the great room, 1766, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/197
Purpose
[3] Record drawing for the ceiling of the great room, 1766, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular compartmental ceiling, with a central apse at one end, divided by bands of scrolled hearts, and panels containing rinceaux, and rosettes within octagonal frames. The central flat has a central rectangular compartment with a central patera enclosed within an elliptical frame of Vitruvian scroll, a fan, and an additional elliptical frame of cable moulding, encircled by festoons, and with a rosette within a wreath in each corner, and this central compartment is framed by rectangular compartments containing rosettes enclosed within fans of fluting and lozenges, and with an enclosed medallion in each corner. The apse head is ornamented with a central patera, enclosed within a fan, and bands of compartments containing oval medallions, rosettes enclosed within lozenges, rinceaux, rosettes enclosed with octagons, and festoons
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieing of the Great room at the Earl of Fife's House Whitehall
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (862 x 612)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Watermark
XD&CB within a cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 423
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 423
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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