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[2] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the front drawing room, 1769, thought to be as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/213
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the front drawing room, 1769, thought to be as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central figurative medallion encircled by Vitruvian scroll, calyx enclosed within wreaths, and arabesques, all within an x-shape arrangement of reed and ribbon, with a medallion at each corner, enclosed within festoons of Vitruvian scroll, and on each side is a segmental compartment containing a figurative lunette, with a frame of enclosed anthemia, and beyond each segmental compartment is a tablet containing arabesques and rosettes, and the whole is flanked by rectangular compartments containing enclosed rosettes and calyx within connected lozenges, alternating with arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Front Drawing Room at Robert Child Esqrs House in Berkeley Square
Signed and dated
- 1769
Robt Adam Architect 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink, verdigris and cerulean blue on laid paper (584 x 442)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 35
Harris, 2000, p. 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2000, p. 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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