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  • image SM Adam volume 8/141

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/141

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central rosette set in a lozenge-shaped panel with palmettes, encircled by bands of rope moulding and Vitruvian scroll. Decorative panels contain grotesque, arabesques and coffering

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on sugar paper (356x287)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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