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