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[2] Record drawing showing the entablature for the front drawing room, 1765, thought to be as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 52/22
Purpose
[2] Record drawing showing the entablature for the front drawing room, 1765, thought to be as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a detail of an entablature, with an astragal ornamented with reeds bound by acanthus leaves, a frieze ornamented with alternating anthemia supported by calyx, and double calyx, connected by strigils, and with a cornice ornamented with bead and reel, acanthus leaves and stiff leaf, and fluting and dart
Scale
half size
Inscribed
Cornice, Frieze &c Astragal / for the Room to Mary Street / Dublin for Hercules / Rowley Esqr. / Drawn to 1/2 the Size
Signed and dated
- 1765
datable to 1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (374 x 309)
Hand
Adam office hand
Watermark
GR within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 10
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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