[19] Record drawings for friezes for the halls, staircase, great parlour and library, ND, possibly executed

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    - Ashburnham House, 19 Dover Street, London, for John, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham, c1773-76 (47)
      - Record drawings for friezes for the halls, staircase, great parlour and library, ND, possibly executed (1)

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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

Literature

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

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