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London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished design showing the profile and decoration of the base of a column; two details of Guilloche decoration.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/86
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Unfinished design showing the profile and decoration of the base of a column; two details of Guilloche decoration.
Aspect
Details
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pen, chalk on grey washed paper, pencil framing line
111 x 362
Hand
James Adam, Office of
Notes
There are more detailed variations on the column base here in Adam vol.7/89 and 100, and another, more finished, drawing for the guilloche decoration in Adam vol.7/99. All of these drawings are probably connected with the decoration of the Orders used in James Adam's Parliament House scheme of 1762/63.
Level
Drawing
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