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[3] Record drawing showing mouldings for the front drawing room, 1765, thought to be as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 52/22 verso
Purpose
[3] Record drawing showing mouldings for the front drawing room, 1765, thought to be as executed
Aspect
Elevation of details of mouldings for bases, the architrave to the windows, and the entablature to the doors. The base is composed of a plain plinth, a base ornamented with laurel(?) leaves, stiff leaf, and beading, and the surbase is ornamented with beading, stiff leaf and dart, acanthus leaves, and fluting. The window architrave is ornamented with waterleaf and dart, beading, and eggs with an acanthus leaf in the corner. The door entablature is ornamented with waterleaf and dart, beading, and eggs with an acanthus leaf in the corner, surmounted by a frieze and cornice as Adam volume 52/22
Scale
half size
Inscribed
Mouldings for the Room / to Mary Street Dublin / drawn 1/2 the Size / Surbase / Base / Plinth / Architrave for Windows / Entablature for Doors
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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