Unexecuted Manocchi Drawing for a Ceiling or a Carpet I, c1765-66

This finished design by G. Manocchi, in the hand of Sir John Summerson, was intended for a ceiling or a carpet but was never fully executed. The design includes a patera in the centre which is encircled by fluting, enclosed anthemia, a band of arabesques, calyx and anthemia, bands of scrolled hearts, a band of arabesques, acanthus leaves, calyx and rosettes, and a border of guilloche, ornamented with calyx, and enclosing lozenges which enclosed rosettes.

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