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[4] Design for a ceiling for the dining room, 1765, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/122
Purpose
[4] Design for a ceiling for the dining room, 1765, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette, encircled by guilloche, a fan, Vitruvian scroll, beading, reed and ribbon, garlands, enclosed rosettes, festoons, and bows
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Cieling for the Dining Room of the New House For Charles Rogers Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1765
Robt Adam Architect 1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (427 x 280)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith and William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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