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  • image SM Adam volume 3/51

Reference number

SM Adam volume 3/51

Purpose

Preliminary designs for a cabinet, ND

Aspect

Rough elevation of two designs for a cabinet: Upper: elevation of a three-bay cabinet with four turned legs, supporting tapering drawers flanking a figurative medallion, and surmounted by paired terms flanking a wreath (mirror frame?), surmounted by a frieze containing oval figurative medallions and festoons, supporting a pair of urns Lower: part rough elevation of a cabinet supported by fluted legs, an arches or arcade feature, a panel of rinceau, surmounted by terms supporting a frieze of enclosed rosettes, and a capital containing an oval figurative medallion supporting an urn

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (177x317)

Hand

probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792) - Collections, architect
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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