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[8] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the front drawing room, 1766
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/173
Purpose
[8] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the front drawing room, 1766
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a chimney breast on one side, with a central rosette, enclosed within a fan of fluting, and a fan of triangles and lozenges enclosed rosettes, and within circular frames of cable moulding, with a border of rosettes and lozenges, and encircled by enclosed rosettes, and festoons, and with a rosette enclosed within a wreath, and a short drop of calyx in each corner, and the ceiling has a border of anthemia and calyx
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the first Drawing room at Andrew Millar Esqrs House / in Pall Mall
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (287 x 414)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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