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[2] Alternative record drawing for a ceiling for the great drawing room, 1768
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/253
Purpose
[2] Alternative record drawing for a ceiling for the great drawing room, 1768
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular tripartite coved ceiling, with a pattern of ovals across the three compartments of the central flat, all bordered with guilloche. An oval medallion in the centre, in the rest fans, and sea-monster medallions in the lozenges. The central flat is bordered in the cove with fans and festoons; griffons, winged sphinxes and arabesques below, with medallions on the long sides and rosettes on the short
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
1st Design of a Cieling for the Drawing room at Saltram
Signed and dated
- 1768
1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen and colour washes including pink and olive green on laid paper (647 x 436)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 27
Beard, 1978, p. 13
Harris, 2007, p. 234
For full literature references see scheme notes.
Beard, 1978, p. 13
Harris, 2007, p. 234
For full literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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