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[30] Design for a ceiling for the library, 1766, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/184
Purpose
[30] Design for a ceiling for the library, 1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling, with a central shaped octagonal frame of fret, enclosing a rosette encircled by anthemia, a circular band of scrolled hearts, bows, and festoons, and with a rosette enclosed within a fan on each side, and a shaped pentagonal compartment of fret in each corner, containing a figurative lunette, crockets, anthemia, and rinceau, and the whole is within a frame of fret
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Library at Hatch House in Kent, The / Seat of Sir Edward Knatchbull Baronet and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (317 x 418)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 17
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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