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[15] Design for a ceiling for an unknown room, 1771, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/88
Purpose
[15] Design for a ceiling for an unknown room, 1771, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, cross-vaulted ceiling, ornamented with a central patera, drops of calyx along the ribs of the vault, and with each side of the ribs forming a triangular compartment containing a medallion, enclosed within a fluted frame, supported by arabesques, and surmounted by calyx flanked by festoons, and the medallion is flanked by winged griffons with arabesque tails
Scale
bar scale of 4/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for Sir George Colebrooke
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris, pink, and Indian yellow on laid paper (540 x 410)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
XD&CB within a cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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