[10] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the rear drawing room for John Devall, 1772, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - London
    - Mansfield Street, London: designs for interior decoration of eight houses, built as a speculation by Robert and James Adam, 1772-75 (35)
      - Mansfield Street, number 13
        Preliminary design and finished drawing for a ceiling for the rear drawing room for John Devall, 1772, as executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/63

Purpose

[10] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the rear drawing room for John Devall, 1772, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a chimneybreast on one of the long sides, containing a repeating pattern of a central circular compartment, flanked by semicircular repeats of part of the same composition, and with anthemia supported by tubular flowers, supported by a rosette enclosed within a lozenge, supported by rinceaux between each circular compartment, and the central circular compartment has a medallion, encircled by a fluted frame, festoons, size enclosed rosettes supporting drops of calyx, six segmental compartments containing a tazza flanked by winged griffons, and the whole is set within a circular frame of Vitruvian scroll, and a large wreath of calyx

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of the back Drawing room at Mr. Devalls House in Mansfield Street

Signed and dated

1772
datable to 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, wash and coloured washes including verdigris on laid paper (614 x 430)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 83
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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