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[2] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 5/52
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a square design, with a central rosette enclosed by a fan, arabesques and a Greek cross-shaped arrangement composed of cable moulding, and with a rosette enclosed by a fan in each corner, and with a border of circular panels containing rosettes alternately encircled by calyx and enclosed rosettes
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
By an Italian (in pencil on the hand of A.T. Bolton)
Signed and dated
- 1765-66
date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including Indian red, yellow ochre, violet and cerulean blue within a double ruled border on laid paper (349 x 377)
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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