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[2] Record drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, 4 June 1778
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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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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