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  • image SM Adam volume 11/121

Reference number

SM Adam volume 11/121

Purpose

[5] Design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1765, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette, encircled by guilloche, anthemia, calyx, an octagonal band of fluting, fans, festoons, bows, and wreaths

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the Staircase in Mr Rogers New house

Signed and dated

  • 1765
    1765

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (288 x 249)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
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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