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[10] Record drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room (later the tapestry room), 1767, as executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/225
Purpose
[10] Record drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room (later the tapestry room), 1767, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular tripartite ceiling, with circular and semicircular medallions, arranged around a fan enclosing arabesques; and with a diamond pattern in the bordering rectangular compartments
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cornice / Cornice / Cornice / Cornice / Ceiling for the Drawing room at Nostel / picture on green ground / picture on Blue ground / Picture c / B / B / C / C / D / D / D / D / D / (and in pencil) 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 8
Signed and dated
- 1767
1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris and Indian yellow on laid paper (411 x 327)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Giuseppe Sacco, William Hamilton or J.P. Laurent
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 24
Harris, 2001, p. 355
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 219
Sands, 2012, Volume 2, pp. 120-121
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 355
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 219
Sands, 2012, Volume 2, pp. 120-121
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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