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[109] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the drawing room, 1769; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/8
Purpose
[109] Finished drawing for the ceiling for the drawing room, 1769; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central medallion, enclosed within a circular frame of Vitruvian scroll with an apron of four anthemia, and another frame of reed and ribbon attended by a serpentine wreath, and rosettes, and flanked by fans enclosing rosettes, which are also encircled by frames of reed and ribbon, and the whole is set within an elliptical frame of guilloche, with triangular compartments in each corner containing rinceaux, and with a compartmental rectangular border ornamented with enclosed rosettes, urns, and arabesques of acanthus leaves enclosing rosettes
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Drawing room at No. 8. Adam Street Adelphi / D Y East Wing 8th House (in pencil) and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink, Indian red and olive green within a single ruled border on laid paper (515 x 442)
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
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