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  • image SM Adam volume 8/75

Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/75

Purpose

[25] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the front drawing room, 1769, as executed

Aspect

Rough plan of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling, divided by bands of enclosed rosettes(?), with roundels at each corner, and with a central square compartment, containing a central rosette, enclosed within a fan, encircled by segmental compartments containing rosettes or fans, and the central square compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • 1769
    datable to 1769

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (304 x 199)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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