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  • image SM Adam volume 5/48

Reference number

SM Adam volume 5/48

Purpose

[1] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a square compartmental design divided by bands of double calyx enclosed by figure-of-eight ribbons, with a central rosette encircled by anthemion and calyx, within a circular band of Vitruvian scroll, framed by arabesques enclosed by cable moulding, with a fan on each side. The bordering square and rectangular compartments contain rosettes enclosed in Greek cross-shaped arrangements

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Possibly by Giuse. Manocchi (in pencil in the hand of A.T. Bolton)

Signed and dated

  • 1765-66
    date range: 1765-66

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including pink and lemon yellow within a double ruled border on laid paper (367 x 404)

Hand

Giuseppe Manocchi

Literature

Spiers, 1979, p. 11
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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