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[1] Design for the dining room ceiling, 1764, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/103
Purpose
[1] Design for the dining room ceiling, 1764, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a canted end, with a central patera encircled by a fan enclosing rosettes, and within a band of enclosed rosettes, and the whole is frames by intertwined festoons and wreaths held by birds
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Dining Room for John Sargent Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1764
1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (501 x 407)
Hand
James Adam, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 180
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 180
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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