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[91] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the drawing room, c1769, executed at number 4 Adam Street
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/81
Purpose
[91] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the drawing room, c1769, executed at number 4 Adam Street
Aspect
Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central oval medallion, enclosed within a frame ornamented with miniature rosettes, and encircled by urns connected by festoons, and medallions, and the whole is set within an oval frame, and with an enclosed rosette in each corner
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on sugar paper (386 x 299)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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