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[9] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/5
Purpose
[9] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a square design, with borders of scrolled hearts, and a central circular compartment containing a patera enclosed by a fan, arabesques and anthemia, and corner compartments containing enclosed patera encircled by anthemia within lunettes, and a ground of arabesques, urns, rosettes and anthemia
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1765-66
date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink and terre verte within a double ruled border on laid paper (365 x 488)
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
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