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[30] Design for the ceiling for the dining room, 1761, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/18
Purpose
[30] Design for the ceiling for the dining room, 1761, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular tripartite ceiling with a border of anthemia and arabesques. The central compartment has a central rosette encircled by a fan, anthemia enclosed by pentagons, rosettes, a band of fluting, lion masks, festoons, and fans in the corners. The outer compartments have a central rosette encircled by unlobed acanthus leaves, rosettes enclosed by lozenges, lion masks, anthemia, festoons and fans in the corners
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Dining room at Sion
Signed and dated
- 1761
Decr 1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (635 x 432)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
Stillman, 1966, p. 65
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 65
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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