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[5] Design for the ceiling for the hall, 1761, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/12
Purpose
[5] Design for the ceiling for the hall, 1761, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular compartmental ceiling, with two pilasters on each of the long sides, divided into large lozenge-shaped compartments containing rosettes encircled by acanthus leaves, and framed by bands of fluting, divided by cross-beams ornamented with enclosed rosettes, and with bosses composed of flowers encircled by unlobed acanthus leaves, and with a border of anthemia
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Hall at Sion and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1761
Octr 1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (642 x 433)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
Stillman, 1966, p. 98
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 98
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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