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[2] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the eating parlour, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/150
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the eating parlour, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a canted bow on one of the short sides, containing a segmental fan, and with a chimneybreast on one of the long sides, and the central flat contains a rectangular compartment, with a central medallion, enclosed within a fan ornamented with anthemia, and with a circular frame of beading, with an apron of festoons of beading, and wreaths supporting drops of calyx, which connect to rosettes enclosed within wreaths supported by tablets containing anthemia, with an apron of ox skulls flanked by swags, and connected together by a large oval wreath, supporting winged putti holding festoons, and enclosed medallions, and this is flanked by rectangular bordering compartments, containing rosettes enclosed within connected roundels
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Eating Parlor. for The Reverend Mr. Dovey. (underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 08/02/1774
Adelphi / 8t. Febry 1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including terre verte and violet on laid paper (521 x 388)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 53
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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