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[137] Design for the ceiling for the front parlour, 1775, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/49
Purpose
[137] Design for the ceiling for the front parlour, 1775, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with an apse on one long side, and another apse on one short side, and the central flat is ornamented with a central oval medallion, enclosed within an oval frame ornamented with enclosed anthemia, and the whole is encircled by rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight laurel leaves
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Front Parlor Cieling West corner House of the Terrace Adelphi.
Signed and dated
- 12/10/1775
Oct. 12t 1775.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (437 x 397)
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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