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[11] Design for a ceiling for the drawing room, unexecuted, November 1778
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/45
Purpose
[11] Design for a ceiling for the drawing room, unexecuted, November 1778
Aspect
Plan of a tripartite rectangular ceiling with a central circular compartment and a lunette compartment to one side. The central compartment contains a circular band of enclosed anthemia containing medallions and a lozenge-shaped compartment
Scale
bar scale of 2/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Drawing room at Weald Hall in Essex (in a later hand) / Picture / Picture / Cornice and some dimensions given (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- November 1778
Adelphi / 15t Novr 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including olive green on laid paper (555 x 399)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
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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