[25] Record drawing for friezes for the great room and the King's room, N.D., as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Bowood, Calne, Wiltshire: designs for the house, offices and park buildings, for William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1761-71 (32)
    - Designs for the interior
      - Record drawing for friezes for the great room and the King's room, N.D., as executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 53/21 (part)

Purpose

[25] Record drawing for friezes for the great room and the King's room, N.D., as executed

Aspect

Elevation of details of friezes. The frieze for the drawing room is composed of winged half figures and acanthus leaves. The frieze for the dining room is composed of pedestals supporting vases of flowers linked by festoons and alternating with rosettes enclosed by wreaths

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Drawing room at Bowood / Dining room

Signed and dated

No date

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (293 x 470)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly James Adam

Watermark

IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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