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  • image SM Adam volume 11/38

Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/38

Purpose

[21] Finished drawing for the ceiling for Lady Coventry's bedroom, 1765, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central cross-shaped panel containing a rosette, lion masks and foliate ornamentation. The surrounding rectangular panels contain griffons, vases and arabesques

Scale

bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Cieling for The Bedchamber in the Earl of Coventrys House

Signed and dated

  • May 1765
    Robert Adam Architect / May 1765

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (253 x 341)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
King, 1992, Volume I, p. 309
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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