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[6] Preliminary design for an unknown ceiling, 1767, unexecuted
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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.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 181
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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