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[109] Preliminary design for an embroidery design for a circular pole screen, 1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 52/154
Purpose
[109] Preliminary design for an embroidery design for a circular pole screen, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a circular embroidery design for a pole screen, with a central buch of flowers enclosed within a wreath, and set within circular frames of enclosed anthemia, and cable moulding, and encircled by figure-of-eight wreaths, and with a border of lozenges
Scale
rough bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Divisions or fillets / of Orange Colour with & Natural flower &c upon which silk - / for Mrs Child / No Grounds and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1779
datable to 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (191 x 204)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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