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[124] Finished drawing for alternative designs for an organ case, 1762
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
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- Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire: designs for landscape architecture, alterations to the house, and interior design for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet (created Lord Scarsdale 1761), 1759-72 (149)
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/2
Purpose
[124] Finished drawing for alternative designs for an organ case, 1762
Aspect
Elevation of an organ case with a pedestal containing double doors ornamented with panels of calyx and festoons and musical trophies, flanked on either side by a stile ornamented with a mask and figure-of-eight bell flowers. The pedestal supports a band of arabesques with a central coat of arms and female supporters, Ionic pilasters and two winged female sculptures, between which is a circular panel exposing the organ pipes, and surmounted by a frieze of enclosed rosettes, with eagles in the capitals, a tablet, and supporting two urns
Scale
bar scale of 1 7/10 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Organ Case for Lord Scarsdale
Signed and dated
- 1761-1762
datable to 1761-62
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (293 x 461)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50
Harris, 2001, p. 25
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50
Harris, 2001, p. 25
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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