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  • image SM Adam volume 54/1/1

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

Level

Drawing

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