[6] Preliminary design for an unknown ceiling, 1767, unexecuted

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  - Wonersh Park, near Guildford, Surrey: unexecuted designs for interior decoration, and for stables and farm offices, for Sir Fletcher Norton (later Baron Grantley of Markenfield), 1767 (9)
    - Preliminary design for an unknown ceiling, 1767, unexecuted (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/247

Purpose

[6] Preliminary design for an unknown ceiling, 1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central patera, enclosed within acanthus leaves, encircled by a wreath of vines, and set within reed and ribbon guilloche forming three circles, and the outer circles contain enclosed rosettes, and the ground is ornamented with pencil-drawn vines

Scale

bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for Sir Fletcher Norton at Guildford

Signed and dated

1767
1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (585 x 427)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 181
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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