[2] Design for a ceiling for the staircase, c1779, as executed

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    - Hill Street, number 31 (later 17), London, designs for a rear elevation, interiors and furniture, for Sir Abraham Hume, 1778-1780 (64)
      - Design and record drawing for a ceiling for the staircase, c1799, as executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 52/89

Purpose

[2] Design for a ceiling for the staircase, c1779, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling divided into compartments, The central compartment is ornamented with roundels containing rosettes, set within lozenges, and all enclosed within circular and oval borders of husks. This is flanked by narrow compartments ornamented with a band of contiguous lozenges enclosing rosettes. Beyond this there are further compartments containing urns set within roundels, enclosed within oval-shaped bands of husks. Each of the compartments are bordered by further bands of husks

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Cieling for the Staircase at Sir Abraham Hume’s in Hill Street / D / C / A / B / C / E

Signed and dated

c1779
c1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and sepia wash on laid paper (287 x 134)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1917, p. 2
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 304
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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