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[3] Preliminary design for a ceiling for Lady Beauclerk Diana's dressing room, 1770, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/101
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for a ceiling for Lady Beauclerk Diana's dressing room, 1770, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan of a ceiling, centred on a figurative roundel, encircled by geometric patterns, anthemia, further roundels, oval figurative panels, swags, and in the corners are shown paired sphinxes in profile
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Cieling for Lady Dn Beauclerk / Chimney / Mr Adam put this in Pencil
Signed and dated
- 1770
datable to 1770
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (556 x 446)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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