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[119] Design for the ceiling for the room on the first storey, c1770, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 5/57
Purpose
[119] Design for the ceiling for the room on the first storey, c1770, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rectangular compartment containing a repeating pattern of an oval enclosed within an oval frame ornamented with crockets, alternating with a rosette enclosed within a lozenges, and with rectangular bordering compartments of enclosed patera, and tablets of anthemia enclosed within scrolled hearts
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Blue / pink / pink / Center of Ceiling (all in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1770
datable to 1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes of pink, terre verte and cerulean blue on laid paper (340 x 460)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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