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Reference number

SM Adam volume 14/18

Purpose

[1] Design for a ceiling for the tapestry room, 1775

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular compartmental ceiling, with a central rectangular compartment containing alternating octagons and squares, containing medallions, festoons, and enclosed rosettes, and this central compartment is framed by further narrow rectangular compartments containing enclosed rosettes and calyx, and with square compartments in the corners containing rosettes enclosed within fans

Scale

bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the Tapestry room for Sir Henry Bridgeman Bart.

Signed and dated

  • June 1775
    Adelphi / 10t. June 1775.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow, pink, and cerulean blue on laid paper (583 x 423)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
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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