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[130] Preliminary design for the ceiling for an unknown room in an unknown house, c1770; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 5/85
Purpose
[130] Preliminary design for the ceiling for an unknown room in an unknown house, c1770; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular ceiling, with a central elliptical compartment, encircled by a frame of laurel leaf tips, double calyx and anthemia, and set within a lozenge-shaped frame, encircled by festoons of calyx hung from bows, and from which bows also hang drops of calyx supporting a vesica-shaped medallion in each corner, which is encircled by festoons and calyx
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Cieling for front room one pair at No. 13 in Adam Street Adelphi
Signed and dated
- 1770
datable to 1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (349 x 294)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, index p. 33
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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