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[41] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the square dressing room, c1773
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/132
Purpose
[41] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the square dressing room, c1773
Aspect
Plan of a ceiling centrepiece ornamented with a rosette surrounded by arabesques supporting urns? all set within a cruciform. The cruciform is surrounded by swags suspending peltoid shields and a quatrefoil band. Beyond this there are suspended cameos
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Square Dressing Room / joining New Bed Chamber / One pair Story / The Earl of Ashburnham
Signed and dated
- c1773
c1773
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on sugar paper (294 x 337)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
Shield surmounted by fleur de lis
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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