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[11] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the dressing room, 1764-65, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 7/141
Purpose
[11] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the dressing room, 1764-65, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan of part of a circular ceiling, with a central patera, encircled by a fan ornamented with drops of olive leaves, rosettes, and enclosed by a band of guilloche, and encircled by calyx and festoons
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Mr Sargents Dressing room and some rough calculations (all in pen)
Signed and dated
- 1764-1765
date range: 1764-65
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (184 x 163)
Hand
James Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 180
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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