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Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/3/40

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a moulding for a dressing room, ND, not known to have been executed

Aspect

Rough elevation of an entablature with a plain frieze, surmounted by bands of bead and reel, waterleaf, and egg and dart; and with the profile outline of the entablature drawn to a larger scale on the right-hand side of the sheet, and with two large-scale variant details of egg and dart below

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

For the Dressing Rooms of Mr Spencers House and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1758-94
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (232 x 189)

Hand

Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

James "Athenian" Stuart, 1713-1788. The Rediscovery of Antiquity, Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York, 16 November 2006 - 18 February 2007; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 15 March - 24 June 2007

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