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[105] Designs for unknown borders, 1777-79, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/45
Purpose
[105] Designs for unknown borders, 1777-79, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of gilded borders, the first composed of reed and ribbon, enclosed anthemia, rosettes, and calyx, the second composed of guilloche, rosettes, and tubular flowers, the third composed of guilloche, crockets, tubular flowers, and anthemia, and the fourth composed of a band of rosettes, acanthus leaves, calyx, and festoons, and with pencil-drawn annotations
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Borders for Robert Child Esqr
Signed and dated
- August 1777
Adelphi / 23 August 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (366 x 262)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
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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