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London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished design for a ceiling showing hexagonal compartments with oak leaf decoration in the centre of each. Below this on the sheet is part of a plan for a baldacchino showing the bases for four columns.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/76
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished design for a ceiling showing hexagonal compartments with oak leaf decoration in the centre of each. Below this on the sheet is part of a plan for a baldacchino showing the bases for four columns.
Aspect
Ceiling plan, plan [part]
verso details
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, partially squared
268 x 329
Hand
James Adam, Office of
Verso
Unfinished pencil design for the bases of two pilasters. It can be related to the part-elevation on the verso of Adam vol.7/77.
Notes
The ceiling design is a companion to those shown in Adam vol.7/18 and 72, and like them is connected with James Adam's Parliament House scheme of 1762/63. The baldacchino base is a version of that in the plan in Adam vol.7/68.
Level
Drawing
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