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  • image SM Adam volume 13/12

Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/12

Purpose

[126] Design for the ceiling for the back drawing room or dining room, 1773; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Plan of a square ceiling, with a central chimneybreast on one side, with a central enclosed medallion, encircled by four calyx, and set within an x-shaped arrangement of reed and ribbon, with arabesques and an anthemion on each end, and accompanied by a wreath of bell flowers

Scale

bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Back room Cieling one pair at Mr. Becketts Adelphi

Signed and dated

  • 09/09/1773
    Sepr 9t. 1773.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (287 x 261)

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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