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  • image SM Adam volume 54/1/17

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/1/17

Purpose

[6] Alternative preliminary design for the ceiling of the drawing room, 1758-59

Aspect

Rough part plan of a rectangular ceiling containing large concentric ovals, the outer ring with octagons, the inner ring with rinceaux and palmettes

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • 1758-1759
    datable to 1758-59

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (160 x 120)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
Stillman, 1966, p. 96
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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