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[116] Record drawings for unknown ceilings, 1761
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/56
Purpose
[116] Record drawings for unknown ceilings, 1761
Aspect
Plan of a tripartite rectangular ceiling, with an x-shaped arrangement in the central compartment, ornamented with a central rosette, fluting, lion mask, arabesques, calyx, peltoid shields and medallions. The outer compartments are ornamented with a diamond pattern composed of lotus flowers, enclosing rosettes
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
For Kedleston / Kedleston (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1761
1761
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (408 x 246)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
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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