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[13] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the back drawing room, 1769; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/24
Purpose
[13] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the back drawing room, 1769; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Plan of a two-part ceiling, divided by a screen of two columns, and a band of fret. The left-hand compartment contains a central enclosed rosette, encircled by an x-shaped arrangement of rosettes set within figure-of-eight wreaths, and four medallions enclosed within wreaths, and a border composed of tablets containing enclosed rosettes, and rosettes enclosed within lozenges alternating with calyx. The right-hand compartment contains a central oval rosette, enclosed within a fan ornamented with drops of calyx, flanked by enclosed rosettes, all set within a figure-of-eight arrangement of bell flowers
Scale
bar scale ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the back Drawing room at No. 2. Royal Terrace Adelphi / Dr Yard (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink, olive green, violet and cerulean blue within a single ruled border on laid paper (517 x 378)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
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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