[30] Record drawing for friezes for the hall, dressing room, ante room, lady's dressing room and drawing room, no date

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - London
    - Bolton House, Southampton Row, London: designs for interior decoration for the 6th Duke of Bolton, June 1770 - August 1777, demolished 1913 (30)
      - Record drawing for friezes for the hall, dressing room, ante room, Lady's dressing room, drawing room, no date (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 53/18

Purpose

[30] Record drawing for friezes for the hall, dressing room, ante room, lady's dressing room and drawing room, no date

Aspect

Elevations of details. The hall frieze is composed of swags, husks and rosettes. The Duke's dressing room frieze is a diamond pattern. The ante room frieze is made up of scrolls, flowers and anthemia. The Duchess's dressing room frieze is composed of vases and swags. The drawing room frieze depicts armorial hounds either side of a coat of arms

Scale

bar scale of 3 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Duke of Bolton / Hall / Dressing Room / Ante room one pair / Lady's Dressing room / Drawing room

Signed and dated

N.D.

Medium and dimensions

Pen drawn directly on to the volume page of laid paper (470 x 287)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly James Adam

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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