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[101] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the drawing room, c1769, as executed in an unknown room
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/111
Purpose
[101] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the drawing room, c1769, as executed in an unknown room
Aspect
Rough plan of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling, with a central square compartment containing a central rosette, encircled by drops of calyx connecting to a border of scrolls enclosing anthemia, and with an enclosed rosette in each corner, and the central square compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments containing rosettes enclosed within scrolls
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (270 x 382)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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