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Reference number
SM Adam volume 52/148
Purpose
Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
Aspect
Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with two apses, the central panel being a rectangle with a central figurative medallion set within a fan, encircled by bands of Vitruvian scroll, bellflowers containing rosettes and masks, reed and ribbon, and guilloche, with arabesques in each corner. Flanking lunettes on the short sides contain fans of petals leaves
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (198x138)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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