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[12] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the square second drawing room, 1771, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 3/100
Purpose
[12] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the square second drawing room, 1771, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a square ceiling, with a central rosette, enclosed within a fan, and a circular frame of fluting attended by roundels within squares, and the whole is enclosed within a shaped x-shape frame, with tablets containing arabesques in each corner, and outside this x-shape are festoons of bell flowers supporting oval medallions in each corner, at the centre of each side they support a peltoid shield, or a segmental compartment containing a rosette
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1771
datable to 1771
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (191 x 181)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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