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[115] Design for unknown ceilings, 1761
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/54
Purpose
[115] Design for unknown ceilings, 1761
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling with a central rosette encircled by strigillation, and a wreath held by bows and lion masks, and with a border of Vitruvian scroll. The lion masks are underdrawn with bows in pencil
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
For Kedleston
Signed and dated
- 1761
1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (247 x 244)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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