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[5] Alternative record drawing for a ceiling for the bow room, 1769
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/266
Purpose
[5] Alternative record drawing for a ceiling for the bow room, 1769
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a canted bow at one end. The central flat is ornamented with a rosette, enclosed within a band of fluting, a fan, and a band of Vitruvian scroll, encircled by four calyx and anthemia, and all set within a lozenge-shaped frame ornamented with acanthus leaves, and framed by rosettes and festoons. Beyond are four segmental compartments enclosed within bands of fluting, and four segmental compartments of rinceaux, enclosed within festoons, and the whole is set within an oval frame of cable moulding, beyond which are peltoid shields enclosed within festoons, rosettes, enclosed within wreaths, and portions of rinceaux. The apse is ornamented with a patera, enclosed within a band of fluting, and a band of Vitruvian scroll with foliage
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Bow room fronting Stratton Street for The Earl of Eglington (sic) / A Duplicate
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, and terre verte and pink washes on laid paper (591 x 452)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
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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