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[1] Design for a garden seat, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 19/154
Purpose
[1] Design for a garden seat, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a single-storey, single-bay segmental, pedimented garden seat, with three acroteria, a fluted frieze with a central tablet of festoons, and an arched entrance flanked by medallions, and screened by two Doric columns, and with pencil-drawn annotations, including a window, and a landscape
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Mr Chamier (in feint pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1774
1774 (in feint pencil)
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (321 x 450)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 218
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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