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  • image SM Adam volume 54/1/21

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/1/21

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND

Aspect

Rough plan of a square ceiling, overdrawn with a variant or extension to the right-hand side. There is a central hexagonal panel containing arabesques and fans encircled by coin moulding enclosing palmettes, bordered by arabesques, medallions containing urns flanked by figures and swags and rectangular panels containing urns flanked by figures or sphinxes

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (208x141)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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