[17] Design for a ceiling for the lobby between the top hall and the saloon, c1766-72, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Nostell Priory, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: designs for interior decoration, alterations to the house, and buildings in the park for Sir Rowland Winn, 5th Baronet, 1765-85 (39)
    - Interior decoration: 1765-76
      - Design for a ceiling for the lobby between the top hall and the saloon, c1766-72, as executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 5/50

Purpose

[17] Design for a ceiling for the lobby between the top hall and the saloon, c1766-72, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular tripartite ceiling, with a central square compartment divided by an x-shaped arrangement formed of drops of calyx; with a central rosette, and a lunette containing an urn and rinceaux in each quarter. The central compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments each containing an enclosed rosette, flanked by festoons; and with a border, one side of which is fluted, and the other side has rosettes in the corners

Scale

bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

1766-72
date range: 1766-72

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (174 x 216)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Sands, 2012, Volume 2, pp. 165-166
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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