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[34] Alternative preliminary design for a ceiling for the second drawing room, c1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/41
Purpose
[34] Alternative preliminary design for a ceiling for the second drawing room, c1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a ceiling with a square compartment containing a central medallion enclosed within bands of ornamentation and surrounded by four paterae. Beyond this there are part enclosed corner rosettes, festoons and figurative tablets
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- c1775
c1775
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (208 x 160)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Harris, 2001, p. 365, n. 39
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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