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[8] Design for a door frame, for the staircase c1762-63, possibly executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/7
Purpose
[8] Design for a door frame, for the staircase c1762-63, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation and pier section of a door with an architrave surmounted by a segmental pediment and ornamented with acanthus leaves, festoons, weaponry, and the door is surmounted by a roundel panel containing portrait busts of the King and Queen in profile. The pier section shows the outline of the moulding
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Design for Contracting the Door at Top of Staircase in the Queen's House
Signed and dated
- 1762-1763
date range: 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (382 x 493)
Hand
Adam office hand
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 35
Colvin, 1976, p. 137
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Colvin, 1976, p. 137
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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