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[14] Record drawing for a ceiling for the little dressing room, 1778, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/65
Purpose
[14] Record drawing for a ceiling for the little dressing room, 1778, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling, with a chimneybreast on one of the short sides, with a central rectangular compartment containing a central oval medallion, within oval frames of Vitruvian scroll, and reeds attended by rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight wreaths, and set within an oval frame, and a rectangular moulded border beyond, with rosettes enclosed within wreaths and crossed foliage in each corner, and the central rectangular compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments containing rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight wreaths (verso) pencil-drawn design as recto
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the little Dressing room at Mellerstain / White / Light Grey / Purple
Signed and dated
- 05/03/1778
Adelphi / 5t. March 1778.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (345 x 301)
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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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