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[36] Preliminary design for a garden seat for Lady Scarsdale c1760-70, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 4/33
Purpose
[36] Preliminary design for a garden seat for Lady Scarsdale c1760-70, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a small circular building, with five bays on the visible side, with semicircular-headed windows between terms, and above a tiled roof supporting a drum ornamented with medallions and festoons, and a dome
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Seat of Wood & Canvass for Lady Scarsdale / in the Garden at Kedleston / 12ft Dr at Bottom
Signed and dated
- 1760-1770
date range: 1760-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (190 x 244)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 208-10
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 208-10
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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