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  • image SM Adam volume 52/148

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

Level

Drawing

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