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Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/18
Purpose
Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
Aspect
Left: Rough plan of a rectangular, apsidal ceiling with a central figurative medallion encircled by fluting, festoons and additional figurative medallions, and with a lunette containing a patera enclosed by ornamental bands
Right: Part drawn rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central medallion enclosed by diamond-shaped bands of bellflower, and with additional ornamentation of rosettes and arabesques. The ceiling is enclosed by a border of arabesques
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Marybone[?] / Cornice and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (321x212)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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