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  • image SM Adam volume 8/133

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/133

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Rough plan of a square ceiling with a central patera set in a lozenge-shaped panel with fluting and arabesques, encircled by figurative medallions and lunettes containing fans, with additional ornamentation of calyx and arabesque, and enclosed by an ornamented border

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on sugar paper (305x300)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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