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[66] Working drawing for a curtain cornice for the state bedchamber, 1776, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/106
Purpose
[66] Working drawing for a curtain cornice for the state bedchamber, 1776, as executed
Aspect
Part elevation, with a band of unlobed acanthus leaves, an apron ornamented with poppies, arabesques, calyx, and festoons, and surmounted by crockets in the form of single poppy buds, and a tubular flower
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Curtain Cornice for the Bed Chamber at Osterly / this apron 22 times (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- October 1776
Adelphi / October 18th 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and terre verte wash on laid paper (406 x 259)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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