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[1] Record drawing for a ceiling, 1766
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/218
Purpose
[1] Record drawing for a ceiling, 1766
Aspect
Plan of one quarter of a rectangular ceiling, with a central tabula ansata-shaped compartment, containing a central patera, enclosed within a fan, and a frame of cable moulding, festoons, and a square fluted frame with rinceaux in the corners, and with a segmental compartment of rinceaux within a frame of cable moulding to one side, and all within a tabula-ansata-shaped frame ornamented with rosettes within figure-of-eight foliage, and at the end of the ceiling are swags, and with a pentagonal compartment in the corner, containing an enclosed rosette, and rinceaux
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for Christopher Hervey Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (371 x 212)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 55
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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