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[1] Preliminary design for a garden seat, c1770, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 4/28
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a garden seat, c1770, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan and elevation of a single-storey, three-bay garden seat, with a curved recess in the central bay, ornamented with a fan, and containing a curved bench, and the central bay is flanked by narrow end bays, supported by projecting pedestals containing inscription panels, and articulated by engaged Doric columns, between which are bust-filled niches, and these end bays are surmounted by urns on pedestals ornamented with enclosed rosettes, and the elevation is set within a landscape
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1770
datable to c1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (182 x 143)
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
rough calculations
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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