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