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[147] Design for a ceiling for a first storey room in an unknown house, 1774
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/45
Purpose
[147] Design for a ceiling for a first storey room in an unknown house, 1774
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling, containing a large circular compartment, with a central patera, encircled by a frame ornamented with Vitruvian scroll, anthemia, a lozenge-shaped frame, bows, festoons of beading, four roundels, and peltoid shields supported by lion masks and calyx
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the one pair Chamber in John Street Adelphi
Signed and dated
- 21/03/1774
March 21s. / 1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (318 x 348)
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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