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[21] Design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1772, thought to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/107
Purpose
[21] Design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1772, thought to have been executed
Aspect
Plan as Adam volume 5/47, but the central patera is enclosed within an oval frame of laurel leaf tips, Vitruvian scroll, and calyx, and with cameos rather than lion masks, and the segmental rosettes and fans in the corners are enclosed within frames of guilloche and calyx, and the flanking rectangular compartments contain urns rather than calyx flanked by arabesques, and have a frame of guilloche
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Staircase for Mr. Baron Grant.
Signed and dated
- 1772
1772.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (439 x 310)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
Survey of London, 1966, p. 71
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Survey of London, 1966, p. 71
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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