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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
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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