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[51] Preliminary design for the walls for the third drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 27/89
Purpose
[51] Preliminary design for the walls for the third drawing room, 1780-85, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a five-bay window wall, with three windows, and two doors in the end bays. One window is surmounted by a curtain cornice, containing a medallion, and a reclining female figure. The walls are ornamented with Corinthian pilasters, large oval panels, and a pier table surmounted by a candelabrum, and a pier glass mirror frame
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Window side of third Drawing room Cumberland House
Signed and dated
- 1780-1785
date range: 1780-85
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (393 x 601)
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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