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[20] Preliminary design for an ironwork balustrade for the top of the new loggia on the east front of the house, 1774, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 52/171
Purpose
[20] Preliminary design for an ironwork balustrade for the top of the new loggia on the east front of the house, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a balustrade of turned columns, surmounted by two turned lamp stands with glass lamps, and there is a third pencil-drawn lamp
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Iron Work for the Platform over Vestible at Nostel. / A Lamp is proposed opposite each Column
Signed and dated
- 02/03/1774
Adelphi March 2d 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (292 x 221)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 24
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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