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[43] Unfinished preliminary design for the walls of the first drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 27/90
Purpose
[43] Unfinished preliminary design for the walls of the first drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-bay window wall, and the wall opposite, with two windows surmounted by the royal coat of arms, swags, and lion masks, flanking a pier table, surmounted by a pier glass frame, and with a tripod candelabra to the right-hand side. The opposite wall has a central apse, screened by two Corinthian columns, surmounted by a frieze of anthemia, a lion and a unicorn, and the wall is ornamented with Corinthian pilasters
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Window side of first Drawing Room Cumberland House / Side opposite Window / Dark Green and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1780-1785
date range: 1780-1785
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (347 x 586)
Hand
Robert Adam
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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