Working drawing for the frieze for the great dining room, presumed to have been executed, 29 August 1780 (1)

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - London
    - Cumberland House, 86 Pall Mall, London: designs for the interior, and additions to the house for the Duke of Cumberland, August 1780 - January 1788 (69)
      - Designs for the interior decoration, including the great dining room, music room, eating room, drawing rooms and boudoir (59)

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Working drawing for the frieze for the great dining room, presumed to have been executed, 29 August 1780 (1)

Notes

The great dining room was created in 1781. There is photographic proof that Adam's ceiling was executed in this room, and therefore, presumably so too were the designs for the walls, along with this frieze. There was no sign of this interior decorative scheme in the early twentieth century when the house was demolished.

The design shown in this working drawing is a large-scale version of that shown in the wall elevations for the room (Adam volumes 14/138-14/140).

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