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[146] Design for a ceiling for an unknown room in an unknown house, 1774, as executed at 7 or 9 John Street
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/43
Purpose
[146] Design for a ceiling for an unknown room in an unknown house, 1774, as executed at 7 or 9 John Street
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central enclosed medallion, within a lozenge-shaped frame, with a tablet containing rinceaux on each corner, supporting winged griffons, and with an apron of ox skulls and swags, and these tablets are connected by festoons of calyx, with an oval medallion at the centre of each festoon
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for House in John Street Adelphi / Cornice / Cornice / Stucco / Stucco medallion and some measurements given in pen and pencil
Signed and dated
- 29/01/1774
Janry 29t. 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (410 x 323)
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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