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  • image SM Adam volume 54/1/30

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

Level

Drawing

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