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[1] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the first drawing room, 1771, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/20
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the first drawing room, 1771, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling, divided by bands of cable moulding, connected by Greek cross-shaped compartments containing enclosed rosettes framed by four anthemia, and the whole is set within a border of Vitruvian scroll. The central square compartment has a central medallion, enclosed within a fluted frame, and festoons, and supporting four drops composed of bows, peltoid shields, and calyx, and the whole is set within a shaped x-shape frame of beading, with a segmental compartment on each side, containing an urn flanked by rinceaux, and the central square is flanked by rectangular compartments, containing oval medallions, enclosed within lozenges and festoons, and flanked by portions of rinceaux
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1771
datable to 1771
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (334 x 227)
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
Crowned cartouche (cropped)
Literature
Stillman, 1966, p. 102
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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