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[145] Design for a ceiling for an unknown room, 1771, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/41
Purpose
[145] Design for a ceiling for an unknown room, 1771, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling, with a central rosette enclosed within a fan ornamented with anthemia, arabesques, and crockets, and the fan is encircled by enclosed rosettes and festoons of beading, and with drops of beading connecting a medallion enclosed within a wreath in each corner
Scale
bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for Mr Eddies in John Street. Adelphi / Pink / Dark Green / Pink / Pink / Green / Frize Dark Pink
Signed and dated
- 17/09/1772
Sepr. 17t. 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (364 x 301)
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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