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Reference number

SM Adam volume 12/63

Purpose

[12] Record drawing for a ceiling for the principal bedroom, 1778, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a chimneybreast on one of the long sides, and with a large circular compartment containing a medallion, enclosed within a circular frame of laurel leaf tips, an octagonal frame of connected miniature roundels, festoons, a wreath supporting enclosed rosettes, a shaped octagonal frame of arabesques, and a circular frame of reed and ribbon (verso) pencil-drawn design for a pier glass frame

Scale

bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of the principal Bed Chamber at Mellerstain / White / Light Green / White / Purple / Purple / White

Signed and dated

  • 05/03/1778
    Adelphi / 5. March 1778.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (422 x 380)

Hand

Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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