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[2] Record drawing for a ceiling, 1766
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/219
Purpose
[2] Record drawing for a ceiling, 1766
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling, with the ornamentation quarter drawn, with a central rosette, enclosed within a circular frame of cable moulding, and this within a shaped octagonal frame of cable moulding, with a fan on each front, within a circular frame of Vitruvian scroll, encircled by drops of calyx, acanthus leaves, and anthemia, and with a rosette within a wreath in the corner
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Cieling for Christopher Hervey Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1766
datable to 1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (323 x 288)
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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