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  • image SM Adam volume 8/27

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/27

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Half drawn rough plan of a square ceiling with a central figurative medallion encircled by fans, egg-and-dart, decorative medallions, and figurative medallions. Along the border of the central, circular panel are lunettes containing sphinxes and urns, enclosed by guilloche and connecting fans. In each corner of the ceiling are drops of foliage, arabesques and figurative medallions

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (199x187)

Hand

probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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