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[10] Alternative design for the ceiling for the hall, 1765
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/130
Purpose
[10] Alternative design for the ceiling for the hall, 1765
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, compartmental ceiling, the raised divisions ornamented with scrolled hearts, with a central oval frame of fluting, containing a rosettes, and rinceaux. The bordering compartments contain rosettes within roundels and octagons
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
1st Design of a Cieling for Gawthorpe Hall / not executed
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (481 x 338)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
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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