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Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/1/32
Purpose
Preliminary design for a ceiling, ND
Aspect
Part drawn rough plan of a rectangular or square ceiling with a central medallion enclosed by an ornamental band and by a wreath, masks, arabesques, bellflowers and figurative medallions, flanked by decorative panels containing an urn flanked by sphinxes, arabesques and patera, and bordered by a band of palmettes and by a compartmental border containing fans and panels of urns flanked by sphinxes
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (179x184)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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