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[72] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the front drawing room, c1769; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/156
Purpose
[72] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the front drawing room, c1769; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Plan of a detail of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling, with a central square compartment containing a roundel enclosed within a fan, and encircled by winged half figures with rinceaux and anthemia tails, and the whole is set within a curving x-shaped frame, with a segmental figurative panel on each side, and the central square is flanked by tripartite, rectangular compartments, containing a repeating pattern comprising an enclosed rosette, attended by scrolls and anthemia
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Rosso(?) / Verde / Verde / Blù / Biano / Bianco / Blù / Rosa
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (490 x 350)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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