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