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[1] Design for the ceiling of the library, 1763-64
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/97
Purpose
[1] Design for the ceiling of the library, 1763-64
Aspect
Plan of a compartmental, rectangular ceiling with a large canted bow, divided into squares by bands of guilloche, containing either a circular or octagonal band of fluting, and enclosed rosettes and patera, peltoid shields, festoons, and with a border of anthemia and with rosettes enclosed by wreaths in each corner
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Library at Audley End
Signed and dated
- 1763
1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (441 x 337)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 2
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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