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[9] Record drawing for a ceiling for the dressing room of the older house, 1770, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/43
Purpose
[9] Record drawing for a ceiling for the dressing room of the older house, 1770, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central oval enclosed within a frame of cable moulding, encircled by drops of calyx alternating with anthemia, and the whole is set within an oval frame of alternating fans and enclosed rosettes, encircled by festoons hung from bows, and which form a wreath enclosing a rosette in each corner
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Dressing room at Wynnstay / A Light Green / B. Light Pink / C. Straw Colour / D. Figure with dark / green ground / A / C / B / D
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (455 x 307)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
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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