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[7] Alternative preliminary design for the ceiling of the drawing room, 1758-59
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/2
Purpose
[7] Alternative preliminary design for the ceiling of the drawing room, 1758-59
Aspect
Plan of a ceiling with an inner rectangle containing a large oval ringed with palmette and anthemia in scrolled hearts. There are alternatives for thee outer border incorporating medallions, birds and half griffons amid arabesques on one side, and urns, griffons, and putti masks amid arabesques on the other, executed with alterations
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Cieling for General Bland at Isleworth
Signed and dated
- 1759
1759
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and sepia wash on laid paper (539 x 400)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
Stillman, 1966, p. 96
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 96
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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