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[108] Preliminary designs for cornices and dados, possibly for the family pavilion, 1760
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- Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire: designs for landscape architecture, alterations to the house, and interior design for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet (created Lord Scarsdale 1761), 1759-72 (149)
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/3/66
Purpose
[108] Preliminary designs for cornices and dados, possibly for the family pavilion, 1760
Aspect
Elevation of nine cornice designs and two dado designs, with bands of ornamentation including acanthus leaves, egg and dart, fluting, fret, bead and reel and laurel leaves
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
9 Inch Cornishes for the Bed Chamber & Dressing Room / of the Attick Story of Sr Naths House / Sr Nathls Bed Room / Bd Room Cornish / Base to do Bed Rooms / Hall Base & / Surbase / 20 feet 3 Inches
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (185 x 236)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Harris and Banks, 2003, p. 109
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris and Banks, 2003, p. 109
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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