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