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  • image SM Adam volume 8/30

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

Level

Drawing

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