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  • image SM Adam volume 8/109

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/109

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central figurative medallion encircled by fans, with additional ornamentation including figurative medallions surmounted by palmettes and flanked by sphinxes bearing festoons. Additional ornamentation includes tubular flowers, thyrsus and swags

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (266x311)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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