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[22] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/18
Purpose
[22] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(22) Plan of a square, compartmental design, with rectangular, square, lozenge, triangular and quadrilateral compartments divided by bands of beading, and containing arabesques and rosettes
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink and cerulean blue within a double ruled border on laid paper (279 x 398)
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
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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