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[33] Design for a curtain cornice for the first library, c1779, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/114
Purpose
[33] Design for a curtain cornice for the first library, c1779, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a curtain cornice surmounted by Strawberry leaves, and with an apron ornamented with part-paterae set within fans, with enclosed anthemia set in between
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Curtain Cornice for the first Library room at Roxburghe House / 114 (pencil) / 2 Windows Architrave(?) & 2 over(?) (pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1779
c1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including terre verte on laid paper (360 x 240)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
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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