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Reference number

SM Adam volume 12/152

Purpose

[12] Design for a ceiling for the dressing room, 5 May 1774, as executed

Aspect

Plan of an elliptical ceiling, with a central elliptical medallion encircled by bands of rosettes, and rosettes enclosed by figure-of-eight calyx

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling for the Dressing room at Ardencaple / Picture

Signed and dated

  • 05/05/1774
    Adelphi / 5t May 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (279 x 236)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 2
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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