Explore Collections

You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
[8] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
Browse
Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/4
Purpose
[8] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a square design, with a central square compartment containing arabesques, and a star-fish motif containing a central patera encircled by a fan, arabesques, anthemia and wreathes, and with a compartmental border of squares containing enclosed patera and enclosed anthemia, and with a lozenge compartment in each corner containing a patera enclosed by a fan
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1765-66
date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including Indian red, red, cerulean blue and yellow ochre within a double ruled border on laid paper (369 x 458)
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk