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