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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/7

Purpose

[15] Design for a ceiling possibly for a room on the first floor, 1759

Aspect

Plan of a square ceiling, with a central circular compartment containing a fan shaped decoration of eight alternating, fluted and arabesque panels with outer medallion, figured panels and festoons, and an outer border of palmette and anthemia

Scale

bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for Admiral Boscawen / 'B' (in pencil in the hand of A.T. Bolton)

Signed and dated

  • 1759
    1759

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (336 x 388)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with inscription in the hand of William Adam with an addition by A.T. Bolton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 17
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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