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[122] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the drawing room in an unknown house, c1769, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/64
Purpose
[122] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the drawing room in an unknown house, c1769, as executed
Aspect
Rough plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central square compartment, containing a central roundel enclosed within an octagonal frame, arabesques, and a cross-shaped frame, attended by an x-shaped frame, containing ovals in each arm, and between the arms of the x-shape are segmental compartments
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
[ _ _ _ _ ]by
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on sugar paper (185 x 260)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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