SM Adam volume 14/83

[7] Record drawing of a ceiling for the drawing room, c1780, probably as executed

Plan of a rectangular tripartite ceiling, divided by plain bands, with an apse on one of the long sides. The central square compartment contains a central circular figurative medallion, enclosed with alternative arrangements of anthemia set within a circular frame of husks, and surrounded by four medallions containing a putto at each of the four cardinal points, and with drops at each corner composed of a rosette encircled by husks, a tablet featuring griffins flanking an urn on a pedestal, a mask with festoons, a perfume burner and tubular flower. The rectangular bordering compartments contain a central elliptical figurative medallion encircled by anthemia and husks, which is linked to a half-elliptical figurative medallion at each end by drops composed of tripod, tabula ansata containing an enclosed rosette with festoons, calyx and a cameo. Each compartment is framed by a border of husks. The apse contains a figurative tablet, surmounted by a tripod and reclining female figure holding a cornucopia, and with an apron composed of an ox skull, husks, festoons and an enclosed rosette