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[6] Preliminary design for the ceiling and recess ceiling of the little drawing room, 1763, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/96
Purpose
[6] Preliminary design for the ceiling and recess ceiling of the little drawing room, 1763, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling with a central medallion enclosed within an octagonal compartment, encircled by octagonal and circular medallions and rectangular panels containing griffons, and with a ground ornamented with arabesques, wreaths, rosettes and peltoid shields
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for the little Drawing room at Audley End
Signed and dated
- 1763
1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (312 x 275)
Hand
Adam office hand, with pencil annotations in the hand of Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 2
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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