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  • image SM Adam volume 8/96

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/96

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Half drawn rough plan of a long rectangular ceiling with a central figurative panel set within a stadium-shaped compartment containing arabesques, flanked by two diamond-shaped compartments containing central figurative medallions, fans and foliage, and again by an arched compartment comprised of a decorative lunette and ornamental bands

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (508x155)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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