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  • image SM Adam volume 8/110

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/110

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Rough plan of a square ceiling with a central patera and acanthus leaves, encircled by additional rosettes, lunettes containing palmettes and a band of Vitruvian scroll. In each corner, there is a tubular flower surmounted by a medallion which contains a tripod

Scale

to a rough scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (319x333)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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