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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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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