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[123] 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 8/108
Purpose
[123] Preliminary design for the ceiling for the drawing room in an unknown house, c1769, as executed
Aspect
Rough plan of a tripartite, rectangular ceiling, divided by bands of figure-of-eight, and with a central square compartment containing a central roundel, enclosed within a circular frame, and encircled by arabesques, and set within a cross-shaped frame, attended by an x-shaped frame, containing vesica-shaped medallions, or drops of anthemia, and tubular flowers in each arm, and between the arms of the x-shape are segmental fans, and the central square compartment is flanked by bordering rectangular compartments
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (249 x 402)
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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