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[8] Design for a ceiling for the hall, 1763, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/95
Purpose
[8] Design for a ceiling for the hall, 1763, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central rosette encircled by fluting, cable moulding, and a fan (in feint pencil), and framed by a band of reed and ribbon entwined with festoons and wreaths of bell flowers, with additional rosettes and festoons and wreaths of bell flowers drawn in feint pencil
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for Lord Willoughby de Broke at Compton
Signed and dated
- 1763
1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (426 x 312)
Hand
Adam office hand
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 7
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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