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[11] Record drawing for a ceiling for the dining room, 1777, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/22
Purpose
[11] Record drawing for a ceiling for the dining room, 1777, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a tripartite ceiling with a central square compartment ornamented with a medallion encircled by a fan, a band of rosettes, and festoons of husks. All this is enclosed within a roundel of reed and ribbon interspersed with tripods, arabesques, winged sphinxes and tablets. The tablets are ornamented with flora, are surmounted by urns, and have aprons of ribbons, festoons and rosettes within wreaths. All this is surrounded by a band of guilloche enclosing rosettes. The central compartment is flanked by rectangular strip compartments, containing a band of contiguous circles, enclosing masks within wreaths
Scale
bar scale of 3 inches to 5 feet
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Dining Room at Wormleybury
Signed and dated
- Sept 1777
Adelphi / 27. Sep.t 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris and cerulean blue on laid paper (660 x 451)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
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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