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[33] Design for a ceiling for the ante room, 1766, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/180
Purpose
[33] Design for a ceiling for the ante room, 1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central enclosed patera, framed by four anthemia, and these enclosed within a shaped lozenge frame of cable moulding, encircled by a fan, an oval frame of cable moulding, bows, and festoons, and with a border around the edge of the ceiling of bands of dentils and acanthus leaves
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Ceiling for the Anti room at Hatch House in Kent
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (422 x 296)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 17
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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