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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/1
Purpose
Design for a ceiling, ND
Aspect
Plan of a highly-ornamented, rectangular ceiling with three compartments divided by screens of columns. The central square compartment, contains a rosette enclosed by fluting, swags, arabesques and figurative medallions. This is flanked by rectangular compartments divided into three panels each. The uppermost bordering compartment contains a medallion with a landscape, flanked by two panels of rosettes encircled by wreaths with putti, and the bottommost bordering compartment contains a central medallion flanked by two panels with lozenges containing winged figures. There are ornamental borders of scrolled heart and foliage
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (498x455)
Hand
Adam office hand
Level
Drawing
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