Design for an Oblong Ceiling
date: label: Date
content: 1770–75
name: label: Designer
content: George Richardson, British, ca. 1736 - 1813
label: Office of
content: Robert Adam, British, 1728–1792
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal format design for an oblong plaster ceiling. One quarter is shown. Bands separate the inner field and oblongs at the short sides. The latter show drapery festoons hanging from candelabra which stand upon scrolls, connected by segments consisting of calices. The scheme of the decoration of the inner field is that of a frame with festoon surrounding inner circles. In the center are the frames of a medallion, the outermost being surrounded by rows of circle motifs. Winged lions with scrolls as tails stand beside candelabra in the outer circular strip. Below the scale. Framing strip.
place: label: made in
content: London, England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1940-21-13
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 33.1 x 45.4 cm (13 1/16 x 17 7/8 in.)