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[16] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/12
Purpose
[16] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(16) Plan of a rectangular, compartmental design, with a central rectangular compartment containing intersecting lozenges and circles, the circles containing patera enclosed by anthemia and fans, and the lozenges containing patera enclosed by anthemia and arabesques, and with a border of enclosed patera within a repeating x-shaped arrangement
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink, yellow ochre and cerulean blue within a single ruled border on laid paper (405 x 579)
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi
Notes
See scheme notes.
Literature
Spiers, 1979, p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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