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  • image SM Adam volume 8/35

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/35

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with a canted apse. The central motif is a rosette encircled by figurative panels, acanthus leaves, palmettes, and arabesques, with borders of reed and ribbon and scrolled heart. On the sides and in the apse there are square and circular compartments containing rosettes

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (298x323)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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