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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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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