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[5] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the front drawing room for William Cobbett, 1772, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/44
Purpose
[5] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the front drawing room for William Cobbett, 1772, as executed
Aspect
Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central oval enclosed rosette, encircled within a frame ornamented with a fan, and by two layers of festoons, ornamented with enclosed rosettes, figurative tablets, lozenges, and a peltoid shield in each corner, and with a detail of a moulding to one side, and a detail of a frieze at the top, composed of rosettes enclosed within wreaths, connected by swags, and alternating with drops of calyx (verso) rough pencil drawing plan for an alternative ceiling
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1772
datable to 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (305 x 200)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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