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[3] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the library, 1764, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/110
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the library, 1764, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling with a shallow apse, centred on a medallion, framed by wide bands of enclosed rosettes and guilloche around figurative and foliate panels, one including a griffon
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
1st Sketch of Cieling for the Library at Kenwood
Signed and dated
- 1764
1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (436 x 284)
Hand
James Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Stillman, 1966, p. 71
Beard, 1978, p. 47
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 115
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 71
Beard, 1978, p. 47
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 115
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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