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[47] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the tapestry room, 1772, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/206
Purpose
[47] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the tapestry room, 1772, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a large central circular compartment containing a figurative medallion encircled by figure-of-eight oak leaves, and set within an octagonal band of fluting, with a lion mask, arabesques, calyx, olive leaves and a peltoid shield on each corner, all within an x-shaped arrangement, framed by bows, festoons, figurative medallions, winged griffons, and swags, and outside the circular compartment is a band of enclosed rosettes in each corner, enclosing calyx and a quarter rosette
Scale
bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the Tapestry room at Osterley
Signed and dated
- 1772
1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including pink and verdigris on laid paper (576 x 433)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Stillman, 1966, p. 75
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 75
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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