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[2] Finished drawing for the Earl of Thanet's dressing room, 1764
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/117
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for the Earl of Thanet's dressing room, 1764
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central patera enclosed by a band of fluting, reed and ribbon intertwined with festoons, a band of rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight calyx, cable moulding, further festoons, and on each side two acanthus leaf volutes enclosing rosettes and flanking a drop of calyx
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Right Honble The Earl of Thanets Dressing room at His / Lds House in Grosvenor Square
Signed and dated
- 1764
Robt Adam Architect 1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (458 x 363)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson or James Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 39
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of 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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