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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/1/1
Purpose
Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
Aspect
Rough plan of a square ceiling with a central fan encircled by panels of arabesques and by a star-shaped garland of bellflowers and olive leaves, set within a circular panel containing rosettes, portrait medallions and baskets, bordered by scrolled heart. In each corner there are figurative medallions and arabesques
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (190x183)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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