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[1] Preliminary design for a garden seat, 1767, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 9/179
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a garden seat, 1767, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevation of a garden temple taking the form of hemi-octagon, and containing a segmental-shaped room. The building is a single storey, and a single bay, pedimented with acroteria, and with an arched, open front, screened by Doric columns, with an additional pediment across the top of the screen, and surmounted by a Diocletian window, and with a miniature alternative elevation to the right-hand side, showing the garden seat with no pediments, and crowned by balustrading
Scale
to a rough scale
Signed and dated
- 1767
datable to 1767
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (186 x 202)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 222
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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