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[12] Finished drawing for the interior decoration of the library, c1768, probably as executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 50/67
Purpose
[12] Finished drawing for the interior decoration of the library, c1768, probably as executed with alterations
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations of the library. Plan of a rectangular room with a canted bay with windows facing north; the placement of the bookcases is shown in brown against the walls. Four elevations show: an uninterrupted frieze of festoons and rosettes, bookcases with fluted friezes and Ionic pilasters ornamented with guilloche, each surmounted by a stucco medallion, a chimneypiece and doors both with corbels atop the stiles and a frieze of festoons and rosettes, and with overmantel and overdoor ruinscapes. The crimson curtains on the five windows are drawn up into gilded cornices decorated with a central anthemia and flanking calyx
Scale
bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design for finishing the Library at Saltram. The Seat of John Parker Esquire. Plan of the library and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1768
datable to 1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink and olive green within a single ruled border on laid paper (645 x 920)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 27
Beard, 1978, p.62
For full literature references see scheme notes.
Beard, 1978, p.62
For full literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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