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[49] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the back drawing room, c1769; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 5/41
Purpose
[49] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the back drawing room, c1769; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central rosette, encircled by enclosed acanthus leaves, and a circular frame, encircled by pencil-drawn enclosed rosettes, and set within a lozenge-shaped frame, encircled by four enclosed rosettes, and the whole is set within an oval fluted frame, with a rectangular compartment on each side, containing rosettes and calyx enclosed within lozenges, and the whole is set within a border of guilloche
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Cornice / Cornice / Cornice / Cornice / A / A and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (390 x 326)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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