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[2] Finished drawing for the ceiling of the library, 1763-64
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/98
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for the ceiling of the library, 1763-64
Aspect
Plan of a compartmental, rectangular ceiling, with a large canted bow, divided into octagons containing rosettes enclosed by fans and a band of Vitruvian scroll, within a large circular wreath, and with arabesques and anthemia outside the wreaths, and with a border of festoons and rosettes enclosed by wreaths
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Library at Audley End
Signed and dated
- 1764
Robt Adam Architect 1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (477 x 358)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 2
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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