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[16] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the back drawing room for Lord Scarsdale, 1772, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/76
Purpose
[16] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the back drawing room for Lord Scarsdale, 1772, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling, with a chimneybreast on one wall, with a central medallion encircled by anthemia, Vitruvian scroll, swags, enclosed rosettes, diamonds, within a curved x-shape arrangement, encircled by bell flowers, bows, medallions, peltoid shields, and with half patera on each side, flanked by winged sphinxes and arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- 1772
datable to 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (368 x 336)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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