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[6] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the first drawing room, 1773; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/142
Purpose
[6] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the first drawing room, 1773; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central oval medallion, flanked by arabesques, and enclosed within oval frames of fluting, drops of calyx, enclosed anthemia around enclosed rosettes, laurel leaf tips, Vitruvian scroll with foliage, and reed and ribbon, with an apron of four drops of calyx supporting oval medallions, with aprons of festoons in each corner, and all connected by a large oval frame of bell flowers, and attended by a cameo enclosed within a wreath on each side
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the First Drawing Room. / at Lord Stanley's in Grosvenor Square
Signed and dated
- 1773
1773.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including verdigris and violet on laid paper (491 x 444)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 38
Harris, 2001, p. 362
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 362
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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