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[8] Design for a ceiling for the front drawing room for John Devall, 1772, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/62
Purpose
[8] Design for a ceiling for the front drawing room for John Devall, 1772, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a chimneybreast on one of the short walls, and with a central medallion, encircled by a fluted frame, a fan ornamented with calyx, a band of Vitruvian scroll, festoons, enclosed rosettes, and this is flanked by medallions enclosed within wreaths, and there is a rosette enclosed within a fan, and a frame of enclosed anthemia in each corner, and there is a border with rosettes enclosed within lozenges and wreaths in each corner, and along the sides is a repeating pattern of urns supported by calyx, alternating with calyx supported by arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the front Drawing room at Mr. Devalls House in Mansfield Street / in Mansfield Street (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1772
1772.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (603 x 430)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 83
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 83
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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