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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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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