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[129] Design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1761
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/55
Purpose
[129] Design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1761
Aspect
Plan of a compartmental, rectangular ceiling, with a central skylight, flanked on all four sides with panels of octagonal coffering, and with square corner compartments containing arabesques and a wreath enclosing an urn
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Cieling for the Grand Staircase / at Kedleston
Signed and dated
- 1761
1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (439 x 318)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 308
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 308
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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