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[51] Design for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1770; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/32
Purpose
[51] Design for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1770; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central medallion, enclosed within a circular frame ornamented with crockets, and festoons, and encircled by four vesica-shaped compartments containing oval medallions, winged griffons with rinceaux tails, and festoons, and these alternate with drops composed of anthemia, tubular flowers, enclosed rosettes, calyx, and pedestals ornamented with winged sphinxes, connected to triangular compartments in each corner, containing cameos, and festoons, and the whole is flanked by rectangular compartments, containing a repeating pattern of enclosed rosettes and calyx within a lozenge-shaped frame, and enclosed within a wreath, connected by swags to a tazza supported by arabesques
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Front Drawing room at No. 7 Royal Terrace Adelphi. and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (596 x 420)
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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