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[10] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/6
Purpose
[10] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular compartmental design, divided into lozenges by bands of cable moulding, each lozenge containing a patera enclosed by either a fan or anthemia, Vitruvian scroll, and arabesques, and with a border of lozenges enclosing rosettes
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1765-66
date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink, verdigris and sepia within a double ruled border on laid paper (388 x 521)
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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