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  • image SM Adam volume 11/186

Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/186

Purpose

[2] Finished drawing for a ceiling, 1766

Aspect

Plan of a deeply coved rectangular ceiling with a central enclosed rosette, encircled by enclosed anthemia, enclosed rosettes, arabesques, anthemia and a band of fret. The flat part of the ceiling has a border of scrolled heart moulding, and the cove is ornamented with swags, husks, bows and rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Coved Ceiling for a Room in Mrs Ann Pitt's House / at Kensington Gore

Signed and dated

  • 1766
    Robt Adam Arch 1766 / 1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen, wash and coloured washes including pink and verdigris within a single ruled border on laid paper (517 x 359)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
Survey of London, Volume 38, 1975, p. 12
King, 1992, Volume II, p. 180
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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