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[41] Design for a ceiling for Edwin Lascelles's bedroom, 1766
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/145
Purpose
[41] Design for a ceiling for Edwin Lascelles's bedroom, 1766
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette enclosed by a fan, a band of rosettes enclosed by linked circles, festoons, and eight enclosed rosettes hung from bows, and this within a cusped octagonal frame, ornamented with fans and calyx
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for Mr Lascelles own Bed Chamber at Gawthorpe
Signed and dated
- 1766
Robt Adam Archt 1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (419 x 359)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
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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