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London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished design for a floor or ceiling plan of a rectangle and exedra showing a series of geometric patterns with rosettes and arabesque decoration.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/79
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished design for a floor or ceiling plan of a rectangle and exedra showing a series of geometric patterns with rosettes and arabesque decoration.
Aspect
Plan
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil on buff paper
416 x 172, vertical foldline, torn bottom left corner and bottom centre
Hand
James Adam, Office of
Watermark
Fleur de lys in single circle
Notes
This drawing is for one of the halls in James Adam's Parliament House scheme made during winter 1762/63 in Rome. There are similar floor designs for the scheme in Adam vol.7/7 and 9 but to a smaller scale. The hand here may be that of George Richardson (d. c.1813).
Level
Drawing
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