[21] Preliminary design for a curtain cornice for the dining room, unexecuted, 24 June 1779

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Weald Hall, Brentwood, South Weald, Essex: designs for alterations to the house, a cottage, dog kennels, and interior decoration for Thomas and Christopher Tower, 1778-1779 (21)
    - Designs for the interior decoration of the saloon, drawing room and dining room (14)
      - Preliminary designs for a table and curtain cornice for the dining room, unexecuted, 24 June 1779 (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/116

Purpose

[21] Preliminary design for a curtain cornice for the dining room, unexecuted, 24 June 1779

Aspect

Elevation of a detail of the curtain cornice, ornamented with trefoil panels enclosing flowers, and surmounted by a tower enclosed within a garland

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Curtain Cornice for the Eating-room at Weald Hall

Signed and dated

June 1779
24t June 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (274 x 128)

Hand

Robert Adam, and title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam

Notes

The tower surmounting the curtain cornice of this design appears to be a play on the patron's name. This drawing may be a reproduction of the Belvedere Tower in the park, altered by Thomas Tower in 1752, and which acted as a viewing tower and a heraldic symbol of the family. The Belvedere Tower has been demolished and only the mound and steps survive.

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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