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[136] Design for the ceiling for the back drawing room, 1775, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/50
Purpose
[136] Design for the ceiling for the back drawing room, 1775, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with an apse on one long side, and another apse on one short side, and each apse is ornamented with a segmental patera, encircled by a frame of enclosed anthemia, and the central flat is ornamented with a medallion, encircled by four calyx, a lozenge-shaped frame, an oval frame ornamented with calyx, crockets, and an apron of festoons connecting to rosettes enclosed within wreaths, and drops composed of calyx, wreaths, rosettes, tablets containing masks flanked by swags, and tubular flowers
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Drawing room Cieling west wing corner of the Terrace Adelphi / (and in pencil) White / Straw / Straw / Green / Dark purple / Green / Straw / Straw / A / A / Blue / Purple
Signed and dated
- 01/02/1775
Febry 1st. 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes of terre verte and violet on laid paper (431 x 369)
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
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