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[2] Alternative finished drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770
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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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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