[2] Alternative finished drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770

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    - Sackville Street, number 29, London: executed design for the ceiling for the drawing room, for John Parker, 1770 (3)
      - Preliminary drawing and alternative finished drawings for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770, drawing 3 as executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/90

Purpose

[2] Alternative finished drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular tripartite ceiling with central square compartment and two side panels. In the square a central octagon, bordered with festoons and rosettes, with a central circular medallion framed by 8 panels alternately containing arabesques and an urn with arabesques. Around the edges, fans in the corners and enclosed rosettes in between. In the flanking panels, a central tazza with arabesques containing half animals, set within an inner border

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

1770
datable to 1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris and pink on laid paper (603 x 445)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi

Literature

For full literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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