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Alternative design for part of the ceiling of the Scala Regia, 30 August 1822
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Reference number
SM 71/2/55
Purpose
Alternative design for part of the ceiling of the Scala Regia, 30 August 1822
Aspect
Detail of Part of Ceiling
Scale
(Full size)
Inscribed
as above, labelled: House of Lords, Line of the Stone Cornice
Signed and dated
- 30 August 1822
30th August / 1822
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and pink washes, shaded, pricked for transfer on wove paper (736 x 522)
Hand
Soane Office
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt 1817
Notes
This second design for the ceiling of the first bay of the Scala Regia is more elaborate than the first (SM 71/2/54). The coffers are ornamented with rosettes and acanthus leaves in addition to the ball mouldings and small 'spacing' rosettes shown on both designs.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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