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Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/104

Purpose

[26] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the library, c1769-70, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular, ceiling, and with ornamental details and details of mouldings drawn to either side. The ceiling has a central flat containing three contiguous circles of cable moulding containing rosettes, and with a border of festoons

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Lord Shelburne's Library cieling

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (416 x 333)

Hand

Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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

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