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[112] Record drawing for an embroidery design for a circular pole screen, 1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/133
Purpose
[112] Record drawing for an embroidery design for a circular pole screen, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a circular embroidery design for a pole screen as the top design in Adam volume 52/152
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Screen for Mrs Child A / N.B. The vases / & Thyrsis was left out / in the silk
Signed and dated
- November 1779
Adelphi / 4t Novr 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink, terre verte and Indian yellow on laid paper (408 x 443)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, p. 51
Harris, 2010, p. 55
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p. 51
Harris, 2010, p. 55
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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