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[1] Preliminary design for a ceiling for an unknown room, c1771
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/112
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a ceiling for an unknown room, c1771
Aspect
Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette, enclosed within a frame of enclosed rosettes, and an oval band of rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight wreaths, flanked by enclosed rosettes within wreaths
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Major Mayne's ceiling
Signed and dated
- c1771
datable to c1771
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (441 x 318)
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 181
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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