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[6] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the square room, 1769
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/267
Purpose
[6] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the square room, 1769
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central square compartment flanked by bands of scrolled hearts, with a central medallion, enclosed within crockets and four peltoid shields, and the whole set within an x-shaped frame of cable moulding with a rosette enclosed within a fan at each end, and to each of the four sides is a compartment of half figures, festoons, cameos, and rinceaux, all set within another x-shaped frame of cable moulding, with a quarter rosette enclosed within a fan in each corner, and a segmental compartment containing winged sphinxes flanking an urn to each side, and set within a border of fluting and rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the square room fronting Stratton Street for The Earl of Eglington (sic)
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including olive green, pink, and Indian red on laid paper (465 x 431)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
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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