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  • image SM Adam volume 13/95

Reference number

SM Adam volume 13/95

Purpose

Design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with three portions, the central one being a square containing a central rosette encircled by palmettes and oil lamps and set within a lozenge-shaped compartment which is bordered by a wreath containing bellflowers, enclosed rosettes, arabesque, satyrs flanked by sphinxes and figure-of-eight husks containing figurative medallions. The central portion is flanked by two compartmental borders containing patera and foliage

Scale

bar scale of 4/5 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (424x624)

Hand

Adam office hand

Level

Drawing

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