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Record drawing for a ceiling, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 50/95
Purpose
Record drawing for a ceiling, ND
Aspect
Part drawn plan of a rectangular ceiling with canted(?) apses on each of the long sides, with a central figurative medallion encircled by a wreath of putti, festoons, peltoid shields, enclosed rosettes and figurative medallions, and bordered by bellflowers, sphinxes, figurative medallions, and figurative lunettes. The central, rectangular panel is flanked by panels containing arabesques, bellflowers, and figurative medallions
Scale
bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Roof of a Small Room Name Unknown (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes on laid paper (548x381)
Hand
Adam office hand
Level
Drawing
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