Finished drawing for the 'mosaic' ceiling for the library, 1761, as executed (1)

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - 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)
    - Designs for the interior decoration and furniture including the hall, saloon, drawing room, dining room, music room, library, ante room, breakfasting parlour, staircase, state bed room, and principal dressing rooms

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Finished drawing for the 'mosaic' ceiling for the library, 1761, as executed (1)

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This drawing was incorrectly inscribed as being for Shardeloes by William Adam when he arranged the drawings into the folios after Robert and James's respective deaths. No such design was executed at Shardeloes, and the design is identical to the surviving Adam ceiling in the library at Kedleston. Harris had previously noted the similarity between this drawing and the Kedleston library ceiling.

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[114] Finished drawing for the 'mosaic' ceiling for the library, 1761, as executed