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[73] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1769; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/1
Purpose
[73] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1769; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Plan 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 of reed and ribbon, with a segmental figurative panel on each side, and the central square is flanked by tripartite, rectangular compartments, containing a repeating pattern comprising a mask enclosed within a fan, a lozenge terminating in calyx and anthemia, and a wreath of beading
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Drawing room at No. 1 Adam Street. Adelphi
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washes including pink, olive green on laid paper (599 x 408)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, 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
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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