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  • image SM Adam volume 8/91

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/91

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling for a coved room, 8 January 1775

Aspect

Rough plan of a square ceiling with a central medallion encircled by fluting, decorative panels and grotesque, enclosed by ornamental borders

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Coved Room

Signed and dated

  • 8 January 1775
    8th Janry 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on sugar paper (274x401)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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