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[40] Finished drawing for a grate for the eating room, 1780-85, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/132
Purpose
[40] Finished drawing for a grate for the eating room, 1780-85, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a grate, with fluted tapering legs, and ornamented with strigils and anthemia along the base rail, and the sides of the fire basket are ornamented with figure-of-eight ribbons enclosing anthemia, and surmounted by a lion and a unicorn
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Grate for the Eating room at Cumberland House
Signed and dated
- 1780-1785
date range: 1780-1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (312 x 384)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
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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