[1] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Northumberland House, The Strand, London: designs for the drawing room and dining room for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1770-79 (24)
      - Alternative preliminary designs and finished drawing for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770, Adam volume 11/33 as executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/102

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770, unexecuted

Aspect

Unfinished plan of a rectangular tripartite ceiling, with a central square compartment containing a central medallion encircled by fans and oval medallions, all within a circular frame of cable moulding, and with medallions, half-figures and rinceaux in the corner

Scale

bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Drawing Room Northumberland House / Cornish (all in pencil)

Signed and dated

1770
datable to 1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (473 x 343)

Hand

Robert Adam

Watermark

D&CBLAUW

Literature

Harris, 2001, p. 344
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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