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[5] Finished drawing for alternative designs for the octagonal dining room, c1760-61, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/114
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for alternative designs for the octagonal dining room, c1760-61, unexecuted
Aspect
Section of an octagonal room with a chimneypiece in the central bay with a frieze of fret work and ox skulls, and an aedicular overmantel containing a figurative antique scene. To the left is a door with a console doorframe seen in section. To the right are two windows with diamond-shaped leaded lights - one in section. The wall is ornamented with a frieze of anthemia and calyx
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of the Octagon Room (verso) Lord Digby
Signed and dated
- 1760-1761
datable to c1760-61
Medium and dimensions
Pen and grey and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (614 x 411)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
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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