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[69] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 15/98
Purpose
[69] Finished drawing for a ceiling or a carpet, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(69) Plan of a rectangular, compartmental design, divided by bands of rosettes enclosed by lozenges, with a central square compartment containing a patera encircled by fans enclosing calyx and anthemia, a circular band of scrolled hearts, festoons, enclosed rosettes, arabesques, urns, anthemia, rosettes, acanthus leaves, olive leaves, and calyx, and the bordering compartments contain octagonal and lunette-shaped compartments containing enclosed patera, anthemia and calyx
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
By G. Manocchi (in pencil in the hand of Sir John Summerson) / Removed from Vol 14 in 1913. (in red pen in the hand of A.T. Bolton)
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink, verdigris and Prussian blule within a double ruled border on laid paper (365 x 521)
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi
Notes
See scheme notes.
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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