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Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/66

Purpose

[18] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the ante room for Lord Scarsdale, 1772, probably as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a chimneybreast on one side, and with a central oval compartment framed by festoons and medallions, and containing urns, griffons, and a diamond enclosing guilloche enclosing rosettes. With rough pencil underdrawing

Scale

bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of the Anti room at Lord Scarsdale's in Mansfield Street

Signed and dated

  • 1772
    1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (385 x 255)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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