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[135] Design for a ceiling for a ceiling in the front corner room on the second storey, 1774, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 13/48
Purpose
[135] Design for a ceiling for a ceiling in the front corner room on the second storey, 1774, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central oval enclosed patera, encircled by an oval frame of Vitruvian scroll, festoons of beading, rosettes, four drops of beading connecting to medallions, from which hang calyx, and the medallions are connected by a large oval frame of reeding
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the two pair Chamber corner of John Street Adelphi / Stucco Medallion
Signed and dated
- 21/03/1774
21t: March / 1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (319 x 417)
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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