[20] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1772, thought to have been executed

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    - Soho Square, number 20, London: designs for the house and interior for the Hon. Baron Grant, 1771-72 (27)
      - Preliminary design and design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1772, thought to have been executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 5/47

Purpose

[20] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1772, thought to have been executed

Aspect

Rough plan of a rectangular, tripartite ceiling, with a central square compartment, containing an oval patera, enclosed within an oval frame of petals, and a fan ornamented with calyx, and encircled by four lion masks enclosed within square, connecting to a segmental rosette in each corner, enclosed within a fan, and with an enclosed rosette flanked by festoons on each side, and the central square compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments containing calyx flanked by arabesques

Scale

not drawn to scale, but with a bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

1772
datable to 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (401 x 208)

Hand

Robert Adam

Watermark

IV surmounted by a fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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