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  • image SM Adam volume 52/3

Reference number

SM Adam volume 52/3

Purpose

[9] Preliminary design for an ironwork balustrade, c1777, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a balustrade with tapering term pilasters alternating with turned supports baring urns. These are linked by festoons of calyx, and are surmounted by an arched band with spandrels ornamented with anthemia

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Iron Balustrade for Lady Home (in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • c1777
    c1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (228 x 170)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 27
Whinney, 1969, p. 60
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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