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[7] Record drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room of the older house, 1770, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/42
Purpose
[7] Record drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room of the older house, 1770, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a tripartite ceiling, divided by bands of guilloche, with a central square compartment, containing a medallion, encircled by frames of laurel leaf tops and guilloche, and this is encircled by drops of calyx connected by festoons, and alternating with figurative tablets, surmounted by anthemia, and supporting oval medallions containing urns in each corner, and the central square is flanked by rectangular compartments, containing a central medallion, enclosed within a frame of laurel leaf tips with calyx on each side, and connected by drops of calyx to flanking paired scrolled hearts of acanthus leaves, and beyond are oval medallions, also enclosed within frames of laurel leaf tips
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Drawing room at Wynnstay / [cropped]igures / B / C / D / C / D / A / A / F / E / C / D / E / A Light Pink / B Light Green / C Dark red / D. Dark green ground & Painted figure / E Light Blue / F Dark Brown
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (391 x 283)
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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