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[8] Record drawing for a ceiling for the dining room of the older house, 1770, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/41
Purpose
[8] Record drawing for a ceiling for the dining room of the older house, 1770, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central medallion, encircled by drops of calyx, and set within a lozenge-shaped frame, and encircled by a frame of reed and ribbon which is accompanied by serpentine festoons, enclosing anthemia, and forming wreaths, and supporting drops of calyx on each side, which support peltoid shields which enclose cameos
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the Dining room at Wynnstay and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes of pink and olive green on laid paper (520 x 432)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 32
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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