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[134] Design for the ceiling for the back drawing room, 1774, executed at number 2 Robert Street
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/47
Purpose
[134] Design for the ceiling for the back drawing room, 1774, executed at number 2 Robert Street
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette enclosed within a fan of leaves, encircled by miniature rosettes, an oval frame of Vitruvian scroll, anthemia, a lozenge-shaped frame with an anthemion on each corner, bows, and drops of calyx connecting to medallions and urns, and the medallions are connected by festoons of beading
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the one pair Chamber corner of Robert Street Adelphi / Stucco Medallion
Signed and dated
- 04/04/1774
4t. April / 1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (440 x 327)
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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