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[8] Alternative design for a ceiling for the saloon, 1771
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/87
Purpose
[8] Alternative design for a ceiling for the saloon, 1771
Aspect
Plan of a square coved ceiling, with an apsidal recess on one side. There is a square central flat ornamented with a central roundel, enclosed within a wreath, and a lozenge-shaped frame with fans in the corners, and this is encircled by tripod urns, flanked by female figures, all supported by tablets of festoons, and flanked by perfume burners, winged griffons, calyx, festoons and rosettes enclosed within wreaths. The whole is set within a border of connected enclosed rosettes, and the cove is ornamented with anthemia enclosed within festoons, supporting drops of anthemia, calyx, tubular flowers, tazza, and acanthus leaves, and between each drop there are miniature portrait medallions enclosed within wreaths
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the back room one pair Story at Sir George Colebrooke's in Arlington Street
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow and violet on laid paper (610 x 458)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
XD&CB within a cartouche
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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