[16] Record drawings for friezes for the dining room, drawing room and oval room, ND, possibly executed

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  - Drummonds Bank, Charing Cross, London, 1777-1779, part executed (16)
    - Record drawings for friezes for the dining room, drawing room and oval room, ND, possibly executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 53/53

Purpose

[16] Record drawings for friezes for the dining room, drawing room and oval room, ND, possibly executed

Aspect

Drawing room – Elevation of a frieze ornamented with calyx and tubular flowers supporting urns, and this alternates with arabesques surmounted by anthemia Oval room – Elevation of a frieze ornamented with a band of enclosed calyx surmounted by tubular flowers

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

George Drummond Esqr / Drawing room (underwritten in pencil) Drawing room Charing Cross / faint pencil inscription / Oval room

Signed and dated

ND
ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (292 x 470)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly James Adam

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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