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[92] Alternative design for the soffit to the half landing in the great staircase, 1769
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/154
Purpose
[92] Alternative design for the soffit to the half landing in the great staircase, 1769
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling, of three linked square, containing enclosed rosettes, and linked by bands of cable moulding, with Maltese crosses in between, containing drops of calyx, and with a border of Vitruvian scroll, executed with minor alterations
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for half pace of Great Staircase at Gawthorpe (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (394 x 260)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
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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