[17] Working drawing for curtain cornices for the great dining room in the Etruscan style, presumed to have been executed, 1780

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Cumberland House, 86 Pall Mall, London: designs for the interior, and additions to the house for the Duke of Cumberland, August 1780 - January 1788 (69)
      - Designs for the interior decoration, including the great dining room, music room, eating room, drawing rooms and boudoir (59)
        Preliminary design and working drawing for curtain cornices for the great dining room in the Etruscan style, presumed to have been executed, 1780-81 (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/118

Purpose

[17] Working drawing for curtain cornices for the great dining room in the Etruscan style, presumed to have been executed, 1780

Aspect

Elevation of a full size detail of a curtain cornice, ornamented with patera enclosed by fans, calyx, beading, waterleaf, and crockets of anthemia

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Curtain Cornice for the Great Dining room at Cumberland House

Signed and dated

November 1780
Adelphi / 17 November 1780

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash and coloured washes including black and yellow ochre on laid paper (315 x 411)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
For a full list of literature see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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