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[55] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the state bedchamber, 1772
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/208
Purpose
[55] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the state bedchamber, 1772
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central elliptical figurative medallion enclosed within a band of enclosed anthemia, and guilloche containing further figurative medallions, framed by festoons held by winged griffons supported by pedestals composed of human figures, and the festoons support drops composed of bows, calyx, tubular flowers, oval figurative medallions, arabesques, birds, and enclosed rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieiling of the Bed Chamber at Osterley. not executed
Signed and dated
- 1772
1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink and verdigris on laid paper (487 x 470)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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