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[23] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the oval parlour, 1772, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/106
Purpose
[23] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the oval parlour, 1772, as executed
Aspect
Plan of an oval ceiling, with a central lozenge-shaped medallion, enclosed within a fluted lozenge-shaped frame, with an oval medallion on each side, enclosed within a wreath of bell flowers, supporting arabesques, and a rectangular frame of calyx, and with an apron of anthemia on each corner, and a medallion within a wreath of ivy on each side
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Ceiling for the Oval Room in the parlour Story at Mr Baron Grant's
Signed and dated
- 20/08/1772
Adelphi Augst 20t. 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including terre verte within a single ruled border on laid paper (470 x 373)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
Survey of London, 1966, p. 71
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Survey of London, 1966, p. 71
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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