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[3] Design for a wall for the great dining room, presumed to have been executed, August 1780
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 14/140
Purpose
[3] Design for a wall for the great dining room, presumed to have been executed, August 1780
Aspect
Elevation of a wall, with one door with a frame ornamented with sphinxes. The wall is ornamented with a figurative panel, medallions, urns, drops, festoons, and a frieze of sphinxes and urns
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
feint pencil inscriptions, one of which reads Orange
Signed and dated
- August 1780
August 1780
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, and coloured washes including olive green and Naples yellow on laid paper (410 x 310)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Stillman, 1966, p. 78
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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