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[29] Design for a ceiling for the vestibule (now part of the billiard room), 1783, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/87
Purpose
[29] Design for a ceiling for the vestibule (now part of the billiard room), 1783, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling, connected to a further rectangular ceiling by an arch ornamented with cable moulding. The central flat is ornamented with a central rosette, enclosed within a shaped lozenge with a fan in each corner, and encircled by festoons of calyx which are connected to each corner of the lozenge, and form wreaths at each corner containing an enclosed rosette
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the new Vestibule at Nostel
Signed and dated
- 26/09/1783
Adelphi 26t Sep 1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (466 x 293)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 24
Harris, 2001, p. 356
Sands, 2012, Volume 2, pp. 222-223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 356
Sands, 2012, Volume 2, pp. 222-223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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