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Preliminary design for a ceiling, 4 September 1773
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/30
Purpose
Preliminary design for a ceiling, 4 September 1773
Aspect
Quarter drawn rough plan of a square or rectangular ceiling with a central figurative medallion encircled by swags and guilloche, with further bands of egg-and-dart and Vitruvian scroll enclosing tubular flowers, arabesques, calyxes and figurative panels
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 4 September 1773
Adelphi 4th Sept, 1773.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (183x180)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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