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[138] Design for the ceiling for one of the first storey rooms, 1774, executed with minor alterations at 1 Robert Street
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/44
Purpose
[138] Design for the ceiling for one of the first storey rooms, 1774, executed with minor alterations at 1 Robert Street
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with an apsidal end, with a central medallion, set within a lozenge-shaped frame, encircled by festoons hung from bows, and connected to drops of calyx supporting four enclosed medallions with aprons of festoons, and the medallions are connected by an oval frame of reed and ribbon
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the one pair rooms corner of George Street Adelphi / Stucco Medallion / Stucco Medallion and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 08/02/1774
Febry 8t. / 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (525 x 339)
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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