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[2] Design for a pedestal, 1765
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/58
Purpose
[2] Design for a pedestal, 1765
Aspect
Elevation of a pedestal with a square base, supporting a tapering shaft ornamented with a quadrilateral panel, and with an enclosed rosette and festoon in the capital, and to the right-hand side is a rough pencil-drawn elevation of the same pedestal, but with rinceau ornamentation on the shaft, and a band of guilloche enclosing rosettes above the capital
Scale
bar scale of 2 3/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Term for Sir John Astley Bart
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (257 x 406)
Hand
Adam office hand, with pencil annotations and inscription in the hand of Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
Harris, 1963, Index p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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