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Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/123

Purpose

[8] Alternative preliminary design for the ceiling for the great room, 1765

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular tripartite ceiling with a border of anthemia in scrolled hearts. There is a central rosette encircled by a fan and garlands containing rosettes

Scale

to a rough scale

Inscribed

Ld Coventry Great Room

Signed and dated

  • 1765
    datable to 1765

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (579 x 373)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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