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Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/66

Purpose

[23] Design for the ceiling of the drawing room, 1761

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling ornamented with a central rosette encircled by fans and festoons hung from lion masks, and with bordering arabesque and calyx ornamentation, and extensive pencil additions, as executed

Scale

bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Cieling for the Drawing room at Shardeloes for William Drake Esqr

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    Robt Adam Architect Octr 1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (326 x 443)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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