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[5] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the ante room, 1771, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/54
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for a ceiling for the ante room, 1771, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling, with a central rosette, encircled by a frame of cable moulding, anthemia enclosed within triangles, rinceaux contained within a shaped octagonal frame of anthemia and calyx, and the whole is set within a circular frame of Vitruvian scroll, encircled by rosettes enclosed within semicircular fans, enclosed rosettes, festoons, and peltoid shields
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the Anti room at Chandos House
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washes including pink, cerulean blue and terre verte on laid paper (385 x 401)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
Lees Milne, 1947, p. 121
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Lees Milne, 1947, p. 121
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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