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[2] Record drawing for a ceiling for the back parlour, 1771, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/78
Purpose
[2] Record drawing for a ceiling for the back parlour, 1771, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, compartmental ceiling, divided by bands of fret and rosettes, with an additional rectangular compartment screened from the central flat by two columns, and bands of rosettes enclosed within squares, and this additional compartment is ornamented with portrait medallions, enclosed within wreaths of bell flowers, attended by either calyx, or scrolls and anthemia. The central flat has a central octagonal compartment, containing an octagonal medallion, enclosed within a square frame, flanked by hexagonal compartments framed by festoons, and containing oval and segmental medallions within figure-of-eight wreaths. The central octagonal compartment is framed by four triangular compartments containing arabesques, and around this is a border of rectangular compartments, with two compartments at the centre of the long sides containing tubular flowers flanked by winged figures and winged griffons with arabesque tails, and with two compartments at the centre of the short sides containing segmental tablets within fluted frames, enclosed within Vitruvian scroll-shaped wreaths enclosing rosettes, and with an enclosed rosette to each side, and the final two rectangular compartments in each corner contain canopies supported by arabesques, anthemia, and rosettes enclosed within wreaths
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the back Parlor at Sir George Colebrooke's in Arlington Street / A duplicate / A (in pencil) / B (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris, pink and Indian yellow on laid paper (590 x 376)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
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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