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[7] Finished drawing for a ceiling for a garden pavilion, 1762, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/87
Purpose
[7] Finished drawing for a ceiling for a garden pavilion, 1762, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of an octagonal, coved ceiling, with a central octagonal compartment containing a mask enclosed within a patera, a vine, and a band of strigils and anthemia, and this is encircled by a cove ornamented with compartments containing arabesques, masks, urns and calyx
Scale
bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of the Cieling of the Octagon Room. The Mouldings & Ornaments proposed / to be executed in stucco, & Gilt / N.B. In this Drawing the Cove is extended as a Straight Line to Show the / compartments at full size / For Lord Melcombe's Garden Building (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1762
Robt Adam Architect 1762
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including sepia and yellow ochre within a single ruled border on laid paper (371 x 511)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
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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