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  • image SM Adam volume 18/39

Reference number

SM Adam volume 18/39

Purpose

Preliminary design for door furniture, ND

Aspect

Rough elevation of a door knob ornamented with an enclosed rosette and bands of beading, supported by a bask, ribbons, and an oval medallion depicting Janus covering the key hole. This is flanked by snibs(?), connected by festoons, and ornamented with rosettes, beading and surmounted by urns. There are rough pencil additions to the design showing further festoons, a fan and a winged horse

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (235x163)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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