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[19] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/15
Purpose
[19] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(19) Plan of a square design containing a large guilloche, the central circle containing a patera encircled by rosettes, Vitruvian scroll, arabesques and anthemia, and the four outer circles containing patera encircled by enclosed anthemia, and with a border of Vitruvian scroll composed of acanthus leaves, between bands of cable moulding
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink, terre verte, yellow ochre and cerulean blue within a double ruled border on laid paper (410 x 440)
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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