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[34] Unfinished preliminary design for the ceiling for Lady Coventry's octagonal dressing room, 1765, as executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/41
Purpose
[34] Unfinished preliminary design for the ceiling for Lady Coventry's octagonal dressing room, 1765, as executed
Aspect
Plan showing only part of the ceiling, with a central octagonal panel encircled by a wide border. The central panel contains a rosette encircled by enclosed anthemia, swags and lion masks. The border contains vases, swags, griffons and foliate ornamentation
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Cieling for Lady Coventry's Octagon Dressg Room / in Piccadilly
Signed and dated
- September 1765
Sep 1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (296 x 351)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
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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