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[80] Design for a ceiling for Lord Stanley's dressing room, 1774; it is not known of this design was executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/139
Purpose
[80] Design for a ceiling for Lord Stanley's dressing room, 1774; it is not known of this design was executed
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling, showing alternatives for the ornament, with a central medallion, enclosed within a lozenge-shaped frame, and a circular frame of Vitruvian scroll, enclosing four winged sphinxes, and with an apron of vesica-shaped medallions, enclosed within squares on one side, and enclosed rosettes hung from arabesques, all connected by a large circular wreath of poppies, and with segmental compartments in each corner, two of which contain segmental rosettes enclosed within a fan ornamented with anthemia, and the other two contain peltoid shields and double calyx hung from festoons
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Bed Chamber Parlor Story at Lord Stanleys / in Grosvenor Square / not executed
Signed and dated
- 1774
Adelphi / 1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (420 x 341)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis
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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