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[9] Record drawing for friezes for the dining parlour, and the front and back drawing rooms, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 53/17 (part)
Purpose
[9] Record drawing for friezes for the dining parlour, and the front and back drawing rooms, ND
Aspect
Elevation of friezes for the dining parlour, the back parlours, and the front and back drawing rooms. The dining parlour frieze is composed of fluting, alternating with rosettes enclosed within lozenges. The back parlour frieze is composed of masks with vines for hair, alternating with jugs, and connected by festoons. The front drawing room frieze is composed of anthemia supported by calyx, alternating with calyx, and connected by arabesque ribbons. The back drawing room frieze is composed of alternating anthemia, and anthemia enclosed within scrolled hearts, connected by arabesque ribbons
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Sir Robert Rich / Front Parlor / Back Parlor / First Drawing room one pair / Second Drawing room / Sir Robert Rich (in pencil in a modern curatorial hand)
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on the laid paper of the folio page (292 x 470)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly James Adam
Watermark
IVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 38
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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