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Reference number

SM Adam volume 14/4

Purpose

[5] Design for a ceiling for the oval room, 1775

Aspect

Plan of an oval ceiling, with a central enclosed oval patera, within an oval frame ornamented with crockets, enclosed rosettes, bows, festoons, tubular flowers, and anthemia

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieing of the Oval room at Saxham House / French greys

Signed and dated

  • April 1779
    Adelphi / 1st April 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (339 x 257)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 15
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 179
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

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk