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[30] Record drawings for friezes for the eating room, music room, library screen and octagonal dressing room, ND, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 53/2
Purpose
[30] Record drawings for friezes for the eating room, music room, library screen and octagonal dressing room, ND, as executed
Aspect
Music room – Elevation of a frieze ornamented with fluting segmented by medallions set within wreaths of husks, and these are surrounded by acorns
Library- Elevation of a frieze ornamented with a horizontal band of calyx, arabesques and anthemia set within a continuous band of wreaths
Library screen- Elevation of a frieze ornamented with rosettes set within a beaded roundel, and ox masks linked with festoons of husks
Octagonal dressing room- Elevation of a frieze ornamented with a band of laurel leaf tips
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Eating Room / Music Room / Library / Over Screen in Library / Octagon Dressing Room / 2. / no[_ _ _ _] (modern curatorial hand, Arthur Bolton, pencil)
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (294 x 470)
Hand
Possibly
James Adam
James Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
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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