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  • image SM Adam volume 13/51

Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/51

Purpose

[8] Record drawing for a ceiling for the staircase, 1771, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central circular oculus, encircled by a frame of cable moulding, rosettes, bows, festoons, and with a cameo enclosed within a wreath in each corner

Scale

bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Staircase Cieling at Chandos House / Staircase Chandos House (in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • 1771
    datable to 1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (308 x 278)

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.

Level

Drawing

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

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