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  • image SM Adam volume 54/1/2 verso

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/1/2 verso

Purpose

Preliminary variant designs for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Left: Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central rosette set within a quatrefoil containing palmettes, which is set within a lozenge-shaped panel containing palmettes, and again within an oval-shaped panel containing foliage, bordered by arabesques, urns, and lunettes containing patera Right: Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling containing a central rosette encircled by petals and bordered by palmettes, arabesques and urns

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (271x194)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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