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[4] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1769, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/121
Purpose
[4] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1769, as executed
Aspect
Rough plan of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling, with a central square compartment containing a large circular frame, containing a central rosette or medallion, encircled by figures alternating with rosettes enclosed within wreaths of calyx which connect to festoons of calyx enclosing segmental tablets around the edges of the circular compartment, and beyond this in the corners of the central square compartment are rosettes enclosed within fans, and festoons, and the central square compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments containing a repeating pattern of roundels and rosette enclosed within figure-of-eight wreaths
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- c1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on sugar paper (431 x 305)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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