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[61] Design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1765, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/28
Purpose
[61] Design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1765, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a compartmental rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette within a fan and a band of fret, and with four peltoid shield and arabesques around it, and with outer rectangular compartments of fret containing rosettes, anthemia, calyx and arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of Staircase at Sion
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (186 x 136)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
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
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