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[1] Design for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1775
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/2
Purpose
[1] Design for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1775
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a segmental bow on each of the long sides, ornamented with a large circular compartment which encompasses the two bows, and has a central medallion encircled by a frame of cable moulding, anthemia, calyx, rosettes, two shaped octagonal frames of beading, a circular frame of Vitruvian scroll, festoons, anthemia, calyx, and oval medallions, and with a border of scrolled hearts, and anthemia enclosed within figure-of-eight wreaths, and this border is coloured to show two alternative colour schemes
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Drawing room at Great Saxham House / Cieling is [cropped] (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- January 1775
Adelphi / 9t Janry 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including terre verte, red, and Indian yellow on laid paper (459 x 450)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 15
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 179
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 179
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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