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  • image SM Adam volume 54/1/6

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/1/6

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with three panels, the central panel being a square with a quatrefoil of acanthus leaves encircled by palmettes and bellflowers set within a lozenge-shaped compartment bordered by arabesques and figures. The central panel is flanked by two rectangular panels, the left side one containing bellflowers, enclosed rosettes and lozenges containing palmettes, and the right side one containing arabesques, a lozenge-shaped panel with a rosette and two half lozenge-shaped panels enclosing fans. The three main panels are separated by columns of bellflowers and a border of dentils

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (162x114)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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