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[4] Design for a wall panel in the upper portion of an arched recess, 1767
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 11/198
Purpose
[4] Design for a wall panel in the upper portion of an arched recess, 1767
Aspect
Elevation of a segmental compartment, with a segmental panel at the base containing an urn flanked by winged griffons with rinceau tails, enclosed within a bands of ornament, containing rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight foliage, and quadrilateral compartments divided by bands of cable moulding, and containing enclosed rosettes, encircled by circular frames of Vitruvian scroll, and with calyx and anthemia in each corner
Scale
bar scale of 7/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design for finishing the End of the Room over the Cornice opposite to the Bow in the Earl of Fifes Great Room at Whitehall / Cornice / Tapestry
Signed and dated
- 1767
Robt Adam Architect 1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (614 x 246)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
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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