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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
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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