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  • image SM Adam volume 11/1

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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