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[60] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/78
Purpose
[60] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(60) Plan for a rectangular compartmental design, divided by bands of guilloche, with a central rectangle containing lozenges containing patera enclosed by anthemia and fluting, and a ground ornamented with arabesques, and interspersed with roundels containing enclosed rosettes and calyx, and with bordering compartments containing interlaced circles enclosing enclosed rosettes and calyx
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink and verdigris within a double ruled border on laid paper (562 x 389)
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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