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[106] Designs for unknown borders, 1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/46
Purpose
[106] Designs for unknown borders, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of gilded cresting or borders, the first composed of calyx, and anthemia enclosed within pyramids, the second composed of anthemia, and calyx, the third composed of curving bands forming lozenges enclosed rosettes, and supporting laurel leaves, and the fourth composed of spear-head crockets
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Borders for Robert Child Esqr
Signed and dated
- December 1779
Adelphi / 1st Decr 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (281 x 154)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
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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