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[19] Record drawings for friezes for the halls, staircase, great parlour and library, ND, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 53/11
Purpose
[19] Record drawings for friezes for the halls, staircase, great parlour and library, ND, possibly executed
Aspect
Halls - Elevation of a frieze ornamented with festoons of husks and ram masks bearing swags, which alternate with ox skulls bearing festoons
Staircase - Elevation of a frieze ornamented with rosette roundels enclosed within further rosettes, and these are linked by festoons of calyx
Great Parlour – Elevation of a frieze ornamented with fluting and masks enclosed within rosette roundels
Dining room – Elevation of a frieze ornamented with calyx supporting urns embellished with gadrooning, anthemia, and bands of Vitruvian scroll. The urns are linked with festoons of calyx, which suspend beading and rosettes
Library- Elevation of a frieze ornamented with arabesques supporting calyx, which alternate with anthemia
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Earl of Ashburnham / Halls / Staircase / Great Parlor / Dining Room / Library / 11. / Earl Ashburnham 11 (modern curatorial hand, pencil)
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (293 x 470)
Hand
Possibly
James Adam
James Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
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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