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  • image SM Adam volume 54/7/31

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/7/31

Purpose

Preliminary design for a ceiling with a deep cove, ND

Aspect

Part drawn rough plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central octagonal panel containing a rosette flanked by two rectangular figurative panels and two octagonal panels containing fans and rosettes set within bellflower lozenges. These panels are bordered by arabesques and by a band containing a wheatsheaf, festoons, rosettes and figurative medallions

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Cove (in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (305x157)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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