[53] Record drawings for friezes for the third / great drawing room and the bedchamber, ND, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Roxburghe House, Hanover Square, London, designs for a house and interiors for John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, c1775-79 (55)
      - Record drawings for friezes for the third / great drawing room and the bedchamber, ND, unexecuted (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 53/38 (part)

Purpose

[53] Record drawings for friezes for the third / great drawing room and the bedchamber, ND, as executed

Aspect

Third drawing room – Elevation of a frieze ornamented with pedestals supporting urns, and this is flanked by half figures bearing festoons of calyx, arabesques, and calyx supporting bell flowers Bedchamber - Elevation of a frieze ornamented with rosettes and ribbons supporting festoons

Scale

bar scale of ¾ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

3.d Drawing room (underwritten in pencil) / Bed Chamber (underwritten in pencil) / 38

Signed and dated

ND
ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (291 x 469)

Hand

Possibly
James Adam

Watermark

IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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