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[53] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the gallery, 1763, part as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/23
Purpose
[53] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the gallery, 1763, part as executed
Aspect
Plan of a long, thin, rectangular ceiling with a central rectangular recess, with alternate designs shown at each end. On the left the ceiling is ornamented with medallions encircled by enclosed rosettes within wreaths, and with a ground ornamented with arabesques. On the right the ceiling is ornamented with large medallions surmounted by square, octagonal and polygonal compartments ornamented with rosettes, fans and arabesques
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Cieling for the Gallery at Sion / not executed / this executed with some Alterations (verso) 23
Signed and dated
- 1763
August 1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes on laid paper (1414 x 298)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias or George Richardson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
Stillman, 1966, p. 64; Beard, 1978, p. 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 64; Beard, 1978, p. 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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