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[24] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/24
Purpose
[24] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(24) Plan of a rectangular design, with a central circular compartment containing a patera and enclosed acanthus leaves, an x-shaped arrangement of drops of calyx, with hexagonal compartments containing half figures and arabesques, and with a fan in each corner, and vesica-shaped compartments containing enclosed rosettes, calyx, arabesques, and anthemia, and with bordering rectangular compartments of half figures, urns, rosettes and arabesque
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including sepia and cerulean blue on laid paper (338 x 428)
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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