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  • image SM Adam volume 8/88

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/88

Purpose

[111] Preliminary design for an unknown ceiling, c1765-78, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a two part ceiling, divided by a screen of two columns, with a square compartment containing a central enclosed rosette, within an oval frame, and encircled by medallions enclosed within wreaths, and rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight wreaths, and with a border of rinceaux, and the other, rectangular compartment of the ceiling contains a central oval fan, and two rosettes, all enclosed within a figure-of-eight wreath

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Cieling of a t[ _ _ _ ] room at Harewood

Signed and dated

  • 1765-1778
    date range: 1765-78

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (401 x 330)

Hand

Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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