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[68] Design for the ceiling for the back drawing room, 1770, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/40
Purpose
[68] Design for the ceiling for the back drawing room, 1770, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, containing a large oval compartment, with a central enclosed rosette, encircled by drops of calyx, and set within a lozenge-shaped frame, attended by an oval fame, and the whole is encircled by four peltoid shields, enclosed rosettes, festoons and enclosed urns
Scale
bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling of the back Drawing room at No. 11. Royal Terrace Adelphi
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (414 x 331)
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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