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[94] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the gallery, unexecuted, 1765
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/16
Purpose
[94] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the gallery, unexecuted, 1765
Aspect
Rough plan of details of two alternative compartmental ceiling designs, one is composed of large and small circles containing rosettes, and fans, with lozenges in between containing medallions, and the other design is composed of large and small hexagons, containing rosettes, and medallions
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1765
datable to 1765
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (234 x 282)
Hand
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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