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[49] Preliminary design for the walls for the second drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 27/87
Purpose
[49] Preliminary design for the walls for the second drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the wall opposite the chimney, with two doors flanked by three large mirror frames. There is a sofa under the central and left-hand mirror frames, and the walls are ornamented with Corinthian pilasters, naval overdoor panels, and a frieze of festoons and arabesques
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Side opposite the Chimney of Second Drawing room at Cumberland House / W
Signed and dated
- 1780-1785
date range: 1780-1785
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (399 x 597)
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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