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Reference number
SM Adam volume 27/60
Purpose
Design for a bed, ND
Aspect
Elevation of a bed, articulated by Doric pilasters with fluted capitals. The bed has a frieze of Vitruvian scroll and the bed head is ornamented with rosettes supporting festoons of husks and arabesques supporting a calyx bearing a basket of flowers. Above there are swags and a frieze ornamented with a band of semi-circular compartments. The bed is surmounted by a dome, which is ornamented with further swags and the dome supports an urn
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (325x271)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand
Adam office hand
Level
Drawing
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