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[2] Record drawing for friezes, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 53/52 (part)
Purpose
[2] Record drawing for friezes, ND
Aspect
Elevation of friezes for the drawing room and staircase doors. The drawing room frieze is composed of urns, supporting and supported by calyx, alternating with anthemia, connected by arabesques of acanthus leaves and ribbons. The staircase door frieze is composed of urns, supported by calyx and rinceaux, alternating with naturalistic anthemia, supported by calyx
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Drawg Room Berkley Square (in pencil) / Drawing room / Doors at the landing (in pencil) / Staircase doors
Signed and dated
- no date
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on the laid paper of the folio page (293 x 469)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly James Adam
Watermark
fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 35
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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