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Preliminary design for an urn, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/102
Purpose
Preliminary design for an urn, ND
Aspect
Part-drawn elevation of a bowl-shaped urn or serving dish with a handle. The central portion is ornamented with fluting and lunettes enclosing palmettes, and is bordered above by fluting and below by a band of patera. The foot is encircled by bands of guilloche, bellflowers and coin moulding
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen on sugar paper (219x133)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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