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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/68
Purpose
Design for a latch, ND
Aspect
Elevation of a latch with a peltoid shield-shaped base plate, ornamented with enclosed rosettes, a fan, palmettes, acanthus leaves, crowned chicken/cockerel heads (heraldic?) and calyx, and with a handle ornamented with acanthus leaves and fluting. Rough pencil-drawn variants of the design are also included on the sheet
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Shutter latches
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes in laid paper (525x332: on the same sheet as Adam volume 25/66-67)
Hand
Adam office hand
Level
Drawing
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