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[42] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the great staircase, 1768, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/205
Purpose
[42] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the great staircase, 1768, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central octagonal compartment, with enclosed rosettes, half figures, and arabesques at each corner, and with rectangular bordering compartments containing arabesques to either side
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the Great Staircase at Osterley / (and in pencil) Wood mld & / canvas picture / this is executed and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1768
1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (352 x 298)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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