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  • image SM Adam volume 13/17

Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/17

Purpose

[121] Design for the ceiling for the second storey, c1770; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a stepped projection to one side, and with an apsidal end, and the central flat is ornamented with a repeating pattern composed of enclosed rosettes, flanked by anthemia, set within a lozenge-shaped frame of beading, encircled by festoons, and with a border of calyx, rosettes, enclosed masks, and rinceaux, and the apse contains a medallion enclosed within a wreath of bell flowers, encircled by festoons composed of beading and lozenges, with drops of calyx, and with the same border as the central flat

Scale

bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of the two pair room at the Adelphi Tavern

Signed and dated

  • 1770
    datable to 1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (444 x 318)

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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