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Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/67

Purpose

[19] Design for a ceiling for the front parlour for Lord Scarsdale, 1773, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central patera encircled by enclosed anthemia, cable moulding, festoons, wreaths and drops of bell flowers, peltoid shields and medallions

Scale

bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of the front Parlor at Lord Scarsdale's in Mansfield Street / Gray / White / Gray / Gray / White

Signed and dated

  • 1773
    1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen, brown pen and pencil on laid paper (599 x 131)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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