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[11] Design for a ceiling for the lesser dining parlour (now the drawing room), 1759
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/9
Purpose
[11] Design for a ceiling for the lesser dining parlour (now the drawing room), 1759
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling with a central figurative medallion framed by a band of husks, a wreath of bay leaves entwined with olive leaves and putti holding swags of ribbons, and four inset octagonal medallions in the corners
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
For Admiral Boscawen / 'C' (in pencil in the hand of A.T. Bolton)
Signed and dated
- 1759
1759
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (319 x 328)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias or Laurent-Benoit Dewez, with inscription in the hand of William Adam with an addition by A.T. Bolton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume I, p. 141; Volume II, Index p. 17
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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