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[56] Design for the ceiling of the square closet, 1765, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/26
Purpose
[56] Design for the ceiling of the square closet, 1765, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling with a central square compartment containing a rosette, wreaths, crescents, peltoid shields and military trophies, and this compartment is framed by enclosed rosettes within wreaths, arabesques and festoons, and with drops of calyx, urns and anthemia in the corners
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the square Closet / at Sion
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (220 x 281)
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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