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  • image SM Adam volume 52/138

Reference number

SM Adam volume 52/138

Purpose

Preliminary variant designs for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Upper: Part drawn rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central figurative medallion encircled by bellflowers and enclosed by a segmented border containing figurative panels alternating with arabesques Lower: Part drawn rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central figurative medallion flanked by palmettes and enclosed within Vitruvian scroll, further encircled by bellflowers containing urns and by a segmental border of figurative medallions, arabesques, sphinxes and peltoid shields

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (467x300)

Hand

probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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