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[54] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1770, executed with minor alterations at number 4 Royal Terrace
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/33
Purpose
[54] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1770, executed with minor alterations at number 4 Royal Terrace
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular compartmental ceiling, divided by bands of guilloche, with a central square compartment composed of circular compartments with central medallions enclosed within a fluted frame, and a frame ornamented with crockets, and festoons, and these circular compartments alternate with octagonal compartments containing central medallions within a circular frame ornamented with crockets, and this central square is flanked by tripartite rectangular compartments, with a central vesica-shaped medallion, enclosed within an oval wreath, and flanked by rectangular compartments containing anthemia and arabesques within a segmental frame, ornamented with crockets, a lion mask, and swags
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the front Drawing room at No. 8. Royal Terrace Adelphi.
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (594 x 417)
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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