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[10] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the back drawing room, 1766
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/174
Purpose
[10] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the back drawing room, 1766
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling with a chimney breast in one side, composed of alternating square compartments containing trophy roundels, and octagonal compartments containing rosettes, either enclosed by a fan and festoons, or by guilloche and miniature rosettes. The whole is divided by narrow bands of scrolled hearts
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the back Drawing room at Andrew Millar Esqrs / Pall Mall
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (285 x 405)
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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