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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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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