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[11] Alternative preliminary designs for the borders of the table slabs for the first and second drawing rooms, 1774; it is not known if these designs were executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 52/4
Purpose
[11] Alternative preliminary designs for the borders of the table slabs for the first and second drawing rooms, 1774; it is not known if these designs were executed
Aspect
Rough elevation of two details of borders for a segmental slab. The first (upper) border is ornamented with anthemia supported by calyx connecting to arabesques and rosettes, alternating with naturalistic anthemia, and with a border above and below of connected miniature enclosed rosettes. The second (lower) border is ornamented with anthemia, supported by calyx, arabesques and rosettes, divided by a shaped ribbon, and with a border above and below of beading and Vitruvian scroll
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Border of a Table for Lord Stanley / to be executed in Scagliola
Signed and dated
- 1774
Datable to 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (206 x 305)
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
Harris, 1963, Index p. 55
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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