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  • image SM Adam volume 8/38

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/38

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Left: Rough plan of a circular (?) ceiling with a central patera whose petals contain tubular flowers and figurative medallions Right: Rough plan of a square ceiling, possibly the same as the left side. A central patera motif is encircled by fans and lunettes, with decorative corner arabesques

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

some calculations given in pen and pencil

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (350x204)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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