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[7] Finished drawing for the ceiling and recess ceiling of the little drawing room, 1765, executed with minor alterations
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/100
Purpose
[7] Finished drawing for the ceiling and recess ceiling of the little drawing room, 1765, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Plan of a detail of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling divided by bands of guilloche enclosing rosettes, and with a central square compartment containing a rosette within an octagon, encircled by arabesques, rosettes, and four lunette-shaped fans, and the outer, rectangular compartments contain rosettes enclosed by lozenges
Scale
bar scale of 4/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Recess in the little drawing room at Audley End
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including red, yellow ochre and cerulean blue on laid paper (270 x 257)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 2
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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