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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/42

Purpose

[40] Design for a ceiling for the ante room, 1766, executed with alterations

Aspect

Plan of a square ceiling centred on a rosette encircled by a fan with a foliate diamond pattern, encircled by swags. In the four corners the swags connect to lions masks with circular panels containing rosettes encircled by fans in their mouths

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Cieling for the Anti Room at The Earl of Coventry's house in Piccadilly

Signed and dated

  • 1766
    1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (344 x 386)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 309
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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