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Unfinished design for a ceiling for the library, as executed, 1761 (1)

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This ceiling was executed by Joseph Rose and remains in situ. This design was repeated in the dining room at Syon. According to Harris this ceiling was the only part of Adam's interior decorative scheme which was not altered by James Wyatt in the 1770s.

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

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