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Finished drawing for the second drawing room ceiling, 1773; it is not known if this design was executed (1)
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Finished drawing for the second drawing room ceiling, 1773; it is not known if this design was executed (1)
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The second drawing room was located on the first storey, in the middle of the house, above the eating parlour, adjacent to the staircase, behind the first drawing room, and overlooking the internal court. A plan of the house can be found in the second volume of The works in architecture of Robert and James Adam (part 1, plate 1).
According to Harris, Adam's scheme for the second drawing room, and particularly its ceiling, was conceived as a precursor or frontispiece to the great drawing room next door. One end of the room was illustrated in the Works (part 1, plate 4), the preface to which plate tells us that the painted ornaments to the walls and ceiling of this room were executed by Antonio Zucchi. The exact composition of the ceiling, however, is not illustrated, and as the house was demolished in 1862, it is not known if the second drawing room ceiling was executed in accordance with Adam's extant design.
According to Harris, Adam's scheme for the second drawing room, and particularly its ceiling, was conceived as a precursor or frontispiece to the great drawing room next door. One end of the room was illustrated in the Works (part 1, plate 4), the preface to which plate tells us that the painted ornaments to the walls and ceiling of this room were executed by Antonio Zucchi. The exact composition of the ceiling, however, is not illustrated, and as the house was demolished in 1862, it is not known if the second drawing room ceiling was executed in accordance with Adam's extant design.
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