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[114] Record drawing for friezes, n.d.
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 53/32
Purpose
[114] Record drawing for friezes, n.d.
Aspect
Elevation of frieze for Edwin Lascelles's bedroom, Mrs Lascelles's dressing room, the circle dressing room, the state bed chamber, and the state dressing room. The frieze for Edwin Lascelles's bedroom (labelled as a dressing room) is composed of calyx, and anthemia. The frieze for Mrs Lascelles's dressing room (labelled as a bed room) is composed of enclosed acanthus leaves. The frieze for the circular dressing room is composed of anthemia, calyx, and rinceaux. The frieze for the state bed chamber is composed of urns on tripods, winged half-figures, rinceaux, and rosettes. The frieze for the state dressing room is composed of urns on tripod pedestals, alternating with winged griffons with tails of rinceaux, and rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Circular Dressing room / State Bed Chamber / State Dressing room
Signed and dated
- N.D.
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (291 x 470)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly James Adam
Watermark
VLVD and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Mauchline, 1992, p. 154
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Mauchline, 1992, p. 154
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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