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[29] Unfinished design for a ceiling for the library, as executed, 1761
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/72
Purpose
[29] Unfinished design for a ceiling for the library, as executed, 1761
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular tripartite ceiling, ornamented with a central star enclosing anthemia, and within a circular band of Vitruvian scroll, encircled by festoons and fans, and in the compartments to either side are quatrefoils of festoons enclosing anthemia
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Library at Shardeloes The Seat of William Drake Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1761
1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (442 x 296)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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