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