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[3] Preliminary design for the interior of the saloon, c1769, thought to be as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 27/37
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for the interior of the saloon, c1769, thought to be as executed
Aspect
Wall elevation showing a chimneypiece, with an ogee-shaped lining, surmounted by urns and a square, fluted overmantel frame, crowned by a lion and segmental moons(?). To the right-hand side are two rectangular panels containing coats of arms(?), flanking a rectangular portrait frame, with an apron of arabesques, and surmounted by arms and anthemia, and with a pattern of lozenges below the dado
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to c1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (443 x 404)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 1
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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