Design for a Square 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 a square plaster ceiling. The scheme is that of a cupola shown from below. Segments are shown at the four sides. In the corners are octagons containing disks. The spherical octagon stands upon oblique sides. These parts of the octagon show candelabra topped by palmettes. In the center is a circular frame. Festoons hang from the curved sides of the spherical octagon. Framing strip near the edge.
place: label: made in
content: London, England
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1940-21-14
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 gray and black ink, brush and rose and green watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 50.9 x 52 cm (20 1/16 x 20 1/2 in.)