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[3] Design for a ceiling for the dining room, 1775
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/3
Purpose
[3] Design for a ceiling for the dining room, 1775
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a segmental bow containing a fan on one side. The central flat is ornamented with a pattern of three contiguous circles, the central circle with a central medallion enclosed within a fan, and the outer circles with only part of the fan showing, and this pattern is attended with a pattern of lozenges formed from drops of calyx, connected by enclosed rosettes, four of which are within square frames, and with a border of enclosed anthemia, and with pencil-drawn annotations including an alternative border of rosettes and rinceau
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Dining room at Saxham House / not right to the dimensions (underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- January 1775
Adelphi / 9t Janry 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (486 x 390)
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
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