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Reference number

SM Adam volume 15/2

Purpose

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

Aspect

Plan of a square design, with a central circular compartment containing a patera encircled by a fan, Vitruvian scroll, anthemia, all contained within a fluted lozenge, framed by arabesques. The central circular compartment is encircled by curved hexagonal, square and triangular compartments containing enclosed patera, arabesques, anthemia and fans, and with a border of anthemia enclosed by scrolled hearts

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • 1765-66
    date range: 1765-66

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including sepia and cerulean blue within a single ruled border on laid paper (431 x 449)

Hand

Giuseppe Manocchi

Literature

Spiers, 1979, p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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