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[44] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1769, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/113
Purpose
[44] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1769, as executed
Aspect
Rough unfinished plan of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling, divided by bands of arabesques, with roundels on the corners, and with a central square compartment containing a central medallion, enclosed within a shaped octagonal fan ornamented with compartments of rinceaux and half figures, and the whole is set within a circular frame of Vitruvian scroll, encircled by festoons, and four square figurative tablets, and with segmental rosettes enclosed within fans in each corner, and the central square compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments containing a central segmental rosette enclosed within a fan, and a frame of anthemia, and flanked by festoons and oval medallions enclosed within wreaths
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
West end
Signed and dated
- 23/07/1769
23d July 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (312 x 395)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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