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[14] Design for the scagliola floor in the ante room, c1761-62, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/54
Purpose
[14] Design for the scagliola floor in the ante room, c1761-62, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular compartmental floor divided by bands of guilloche, and with a colonnade of square columns around the edge, and with a central octagonal compartment containing a central rosette encircled by irregular octagons enclosing rosettes, and a circular band of scrolled hearts, and with outer hexagonal compartments containing paterae enclosed by an oval of Vitruvian scroll, and rectangular compartments containing patterns of squares enclosing rosettes in half of the floor, and overlapping circles enclosing rosettes in the other half
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Carpet (incorrect and in the hand of William Adam) / Sion House Scagliola Floor in Ante Room (in pencil the hand of Arthur Bolton)
Signed and dated
- 1761-62
datable to c1761-62
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including olive green and Indian red on laid paper (593 x 479)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
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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