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[8] Record drawing for the ceiling for the hall, 1772, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/40
Purpose
[8] Record drawing for the ceiling for the hall, 1772, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central oval compartment, framed by alternating square and pentagonal compartments, divided by bands of rosettes and calyx enclosed within figure-of-eight ribbons, and the central oval contains an enclosed oval rosette, encircled by festoons, and the flanking square compartments contain medallions, and the pentagonal compartments in each corner contain half figures supporting tazza, with tails of rinceaux
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- 1772
datable to 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (401 x 327)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY
Literature
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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