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[1] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
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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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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