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[42] Unfinished preliminary design for the ceiling of the first drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 27/92
Purpose
[42] Unfinished preliminary design for the ceiling of the first drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, divided into two compartments by a screen of two columns. On one side of the screen is a large square, and on the other side a narrow rectangle. The rectangle is ornamented with lozenges enclosing rosettes and anthemia. The square has a central medallion, encircled by enclosed rosettes, figurative tablets, military trophies, and fans in the corners
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
First Drawing room one pair of Cumberland House / C / D / D / D / W / W / yellow / pink / pink / yell / pink / yell / pink / pink / light yellow and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1780-1785
date range: 1780-1785
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (408 x 552)
Hand
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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