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[38] Design for the ceiling for the drawing room, 1761-62, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/20
Purpose
[38] Design for the ceiling for the drawing room, 1761-62, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Plan of a detail of a rectangular compartmental ceiling with octagonal coffering ornamented with patera, figures, busts and arabesques, and the compartments divided by bands of scrolled hearts
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the Drawing room at Sion
Signed and dated
- 1761
1762
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow, red and Prussian blue (455 x 368)
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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