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[45] Preliminary design for a ceiling for Lord Bute's dressing room, c1769, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/100
Purpose
[45] Preliminary design for a ceiling for Lord Bute's dressing room, c1769, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of an apsidal ended ceiling, ornamented with a central roundel, set within a lozenge and a band of husks forming an oval. This is surmounted by swags and flanked by rosettes enclosed within a band of husks
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Lord Butes Dressing Room next Libr[ary] (cropped) (pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1769
c1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (495 x 538)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 21
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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