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  • image SM Adam volume 54/1/54

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/1/54

Purpose

Preliminary designs for ceilings, ND

Aspect

Upper left: Part drawn rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with alternating medallions and lozenge-shaped panels Upper right: Part drawn elevation of a rectangular ceiling with a central octagonal panel Middle left: Rough plan of a square ceiling with a central rosette set within an octagonal panel bordered by compartments containing rosettes Middle right: Rough plan of a square ceiling (?) with a central octagonal panel, and next to it a diagram of interlocking circles Lower: Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling (?) with three square panels, the rightmost two containing rosettes set within fans

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (136x154)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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