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  • image SM Adam volume 54/1/32

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

Level

Drawing

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