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[8] Design for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1775
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/11
Purpose
[8] Design for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1775
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with apsidal ends divided by bands of guilloche enclosing rosettes. The central flat is ornamented with a central medallion, encircled by enclosed calyx, and within a circular frame ornamented with crockets, encircled by fans, and set within a x-shape arrangement which terminates at each end with a segmental band of anthemia enclosed within scrolled hearts, and the x-shaped arrangement supports a drop of calyx which runs into each corner, with a central medallion, and terminating in a tazza. The apses are ornamented with a patera enclosed within a fan, encircled by a segmental frame ornamented with crockets, and a band of enclosed rosettes within a repeating segmental pattern, and drops of calyx
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the Drawing room at Anthony Chamier Esqrs at Epsom
Signed and dated
- February 1775
Adelphi / 14t Febry 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen and cerulean blue wash on laid paper (552 x 381)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
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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