[3] Record drawing showing mouldings for the front drawing room, 1765, thought to be as executed

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    - Langford House, Mary Street, Dublin: designs for interior decoration for the Rt Hon Hercules Langford Rowley and Elizabeth Rowley, Viscountess Langford, 1765 (7)
      - Record drawings for the front drawing room, 1765, thought to be as executed (3)

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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.

Level

Drawing

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