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[4] Record drawing for friezes for the dining room and drawing room, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 53/28 (part)
Purpose
[4] Record drawing for friezes for the dining room and drawing room, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of friezes. The frieze for the dining room is composed of urns, and anthemia, connected by scrolls of calyx and acanthus leaves, and the frieze for the drawing room is composed of naturalistic palmettes and rosettes, with tubular flowers and calyx, connected by rinceau
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
John Sargent Esqr / Dining room / Drawing room
Signed and dated
- N.D.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper of folio page (292 x 470)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly James Adam
Watermark
VDL V and fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
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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