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[2] Design for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/75
Purpose
[2] Design for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling, divided by bands of scrolled hearts of acanthus, enclosed rosettes, portrait medallions, and lozenge-shaped medallions, with a central square compartment containing a medallion, enclosed within a fan of acanthus leaves, and set within a circular frame of guilloche, set against an x-shaped arrangement of bell flowers, and enclosed within a circular frame attended by figure-of-eight laurel wreaths, and this central square is flanked by rectangular compartments which are the same, but with central oval medallions, enclosed within acanthus leaves, and oval frames
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for Mr. Farmers (sic) Drawing room.
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (590 x 385)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
Country Life, 1938, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Country Life, 1938, p. 135
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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