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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
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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