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Reference number

SM Adam volume 14/40

Purpose

[2] Record drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, 4 June 1778

Aspect

Plan of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling, the central, square compartment with a medallion encircled by a fan, figure-of-eight bell flowers, a band of enclosed anthemia, festoons, and with an oval medallion in each corner. The rectangular, bordering compartments contain three medallions, and a ground ornamented with festoons, arabesques, and rosettes enclosed by figure-of-eight bell flowers

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the Drawing room at Sir John Griffins House in Saville row / Medallion / Medalln / Medalln / Medalln and some measurement given

Signed and dated

  • June 1778
    Adelphi / June 4. 1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (492 x 358)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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