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[12] Design for walls for the drawing room, unexecuted, November 1778
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 41/38
Purpose
[12] Design for walls for the drawing room, unexecuted, November 1778
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations. With a two bay window wall, the walls are articulated by Corinthian pilasters and ornamented with girandoles, mirror frames and inset paintings
Scale
3/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of Mr Towers Drawing Room / Section of the Drawing room at Weald Hall in Essex / for _ Towers Esqr (in a later hand)
Signed and dated
- November 1778
datable to November 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and Indian yellow and verdigris washes on laid paper (723 x 654)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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