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[65] Preliminary design for alternative design for the ceiling for the hall, 1760-61, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
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- Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire: designs for landscape architecture, alterations to the house, and interior design for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet (created Lord Scarsdale 1761), 1759-72 (149)
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/1/8
Purpose
[65] Preliminary design for alternative design for the ceiling for the hall, 1760-61, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a panel for the cove of the ceiling, with part of the cove shown in profile, with large roundels within square panels divided by bands of coin moulding; each roundel with a central rosette within an octagon encircled by anthemia, and within a circular wreath
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sir Nathl Curson Hall Pannel for Cieling
Signed and dated
- 1760-1761
date range: 1760-61
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (139 x 112)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Hardy, 1978, p. 197
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hardy, 1978, p. 197
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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