[1] Record copy for a wall elevation of a drawing room, 1790, executed status unknown

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  - Newton Don, Borders: designs for a dining room for Sir Alexander Don, 1790, executed status unknown (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/52

Purpose

[1] Record copy for a wall elevation of a drawing room, 1790, executed status unknown

Aspect

Upper: wall elevation comprising a central multi-paned window with panelled shutters, and drapery, with a moulded cornice and frieze containing rinceau, griffons, and medallions. Lower: wall elevation comprising a side table below an arched mirror frame within a niche adorned with festoons, anthemion, reclining figures, scrolled hearts, and drapery

Scale

bar scale of 4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design of the Window end of the Drawing room at Newton Don / (and in the hand of William Adam) the Seat of / Sir Alexander Don Baronet ~ / (in another hand) Section of the Nich[sic] end of the Drawing room. / (verso) 1

Signed and dated

20/04/1790
Albemarle Street/ 20^h April 1790 ~

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured wash including cerulean blue, Naples yellow and violet on laid paper (380x521)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 24
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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