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Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/54

Purpose

[42] Preliminary design for a ceiling for the staircase, 1771, roughly as executed

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette, encircled by acanthus leaves enclosed within triangles, and enclosed by an oval frame of Vitruvian scroll

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Staircase Mr Weddell and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1771
    datable to 1771

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (220 x 184)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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

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