[131] Finished drawing for the ceiling for an unknown room in an unknown house, 1770; it is not known if this design was executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - The Adelphi, London: designs for a speculative complex built by William Adam & Co., 1768-84 (168)
      - Adam Street
        Unknown houses, Adam Street
        Preliminary design and finished drawing for the ceiling for an unknown room in an unknown house, 1770; it is not known if this design was executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/14

Purpose

[131] Finished drawing for the ceiling for an unknown room in an unknown house, 1770; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central oval enclosed medallion, encircled by four double calyx and anthemia, and set within a lozenge-shaped frame, encircled by festoons of calyx hung from bows, and from which bows also hang drops of calyx supporting a vesica-shaped medallion in each corner, which is enclosed within festoons

Scale

bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling at No. _ Adam Street Adelphi

Signed and dated

1770
1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including pink and olive green on laid paper (441 x 345)

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

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