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[1] Record drawing for a ceiling for the dining parlour, 1769
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/1
Purpose
[1] Record drawing for a ceiling for the dining parlour, 1769
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a chimneybreast on one of the short sides, with a central medallion, enclosed within frames of beading, fluting, laurel leaf tips, Vitruvian scroll, and a shaped octagon containing enclosed rosettes and rinceaux, and with a segmental recess on each side which contains a stucco medallion, and the whole is set within a border of festoons
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Dining Parlor at Sir Robt Rich's in Grosvenor Square / pink / brown / Blue / Stucco / Pink / Light Green / painted / Medallion of stucco and some measurements given and some rough calculations in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris and olive green on laid paper (498 x 454)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 180
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 180
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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