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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
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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