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[10] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the library, 1769
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/80
Purpose
[10] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the library, 1769
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central medallion, encircled by fluting and arabesques, within an x-shaped arrangement, and festoons, and with figurative segmental compartments on each edge, and square compartments in each corner, containing an enclosed rosette and calyx, and with a border of cable moulding
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Cieling of Ld Lisburne's Library
Signed and dated
- c1769
datable to c1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (362 x 322)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 181
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 181
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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