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Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 52/135
Purpose
Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
Aspect
Part drawn rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with an apse, with a central square panel containing a figurative medallion set within a lozenge bordered by sphinxes, guilloche, an alternating band of arabesques, figurative medallions, and winged figures, and by palmettes. There are portrait medallions and swags in each corner of the central panel, which is flanked by panels containing lunettes with arabesques, oil lamps, and figurative medallions
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on sugar paper (437x258)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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