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[77] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the library, 1774; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/137
Purpose
[77] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the library, 1774; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a bow on each side, divided by bands of beading and calyx, and the central flat is ornamented with a medallion, enclsoed wihtin a fan, and a circular fluted frame, with an apron of festoons, and supporting four drops composed of bows, calyx, enclosed rosettes, and arabesques, and flanked by winged griffons at the base, all set within an oval frame, and with a rectangular border ornametned with rosetes enclosed within figure-of-eight ribbons, with squares in each corner containing enclosed rosettes, and a figurative tablet on each side, and the apses are ornamented with segmental fans, enclosed within fluted frames, with an apron of festoons, and within a border of guilloche, and rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight ribbons
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Bow Dressing Room or Library. Parlor Story / at Lord Stanley's in Grosvenor Square / (and in pencil) This is drawn at l[arge cropped] / & ready for Mr Ro[se cropped]
Signed and dated
- 1774
1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including terre verte, pink and violet on laid paper (500 x 428)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 38
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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