[15] Record drawing for frieze for the drawing room, N.D.

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - The Elms, Epsom, Surrey: designs for alterations to the house, and for the interior, and unexecuted designs for estate buildings, for Anthony Chamier, 1774-76 (15)
    - Designs for the house
      - Record drawings for friezes for the hall, ante room, dining room, and drawing room, N.D. (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 53/53 (part)

Purpose

[15] Record drawing for frieze for the drawing room, N.D.

Aspect

Elevation of a frieze for the drawing room, composed of anthemia supported by calyx, alternating with fans supported by tubular flowers, and connected by scrolls, and segmental bands of ribbon

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Drawing room (in pen and underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

N.D.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper of folio page (292 x 471)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly James Adam

Watermark

I*VILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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