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  • image SM Adam volume 15/80

Reference number

SM Adam volume 15/80

Purpose

[62] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted

Aspect

(62) Plan of a square, compartmental design, divided by bands of cable moulding, with a central square compartment containing a patera encircled by anthemia enclosed by scrolled hearts, fluting, arabesques and calyx, a band of Vitruvian scroll, and further arabesques, and the bordering compartments contain alternating squares and octagons enclosing 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 single ruled border on laid paper (487 x 374)

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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