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Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/1/30
Purpose
Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
Aspect
Part drawn rough plan of a square ceiling with a central rosette encircled by garlands, panels separated by bellflowers containing ox skulls, figures and urns, bordered by a compartmental band with panels containing portrait medallions, enclosed rosettes, and urns flanked by sphinxes. In the corners there are arabesques, masks and palmettes
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (156x151)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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