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[29] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the library (now the old library), 1765-66
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/127
Purpose
[29] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the library (now the old library), 1765-66
Aspect
Rough plan of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling, divided by bands of scrolled hearts, and with a deep cove. The central flat has a central square compartment, with a central rosette, enclosed within an x-shaped arrangement containing arabesques, and alternating with panels of a fan, and by a band of rosettes enclosed within linked circles, and with festoons and wreaths in the corners of the central compartment. The outer, rectangular compartments of the central flat are ornamented with rosettes enclosed within an x-shaped arrangement, and parts of a fan, as in the central. The cove is ornamented with Maltese crosses enclosing rosettes, and surrounded with rinceaux
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1765-66
date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (268 x 206)
Hand
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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