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[139] Design for a ceiling for an unknown room, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/42
Purpose
[139] Design for a ceiling for an unknown room, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central square compartment, containing an arrangement of guilloche, and with an oval compartment in each corner, and the whole is set within a square frame ornamented with oval compartments, and flanked by festoons and rosettes enclosed within wreaths
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling at No. 3. in John Street Adelphi / Cornice and various feint pencil inscriptions indicating colour
Signed and dated
- 01/12/1772
Decr. 1 / 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (427 x 325)
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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