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Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/128
Purpose
Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
Aspect
Rough plan of a square ceiling with a central portrait medallion set in a lozenge-shaped panel and encircled by bellflowers, festoons and four portrait medallions. The border is separated into decorative panels with an alternating pattern of arabesques, figures and urns surmounting rosettes
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (270x273)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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