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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.

Level

Drawing

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

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