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[5] Preliminary design for the walls of the circular room, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 27/29
Purpose
[5] Preliminary design for the walls of the circular room, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a circular wall which is composed of an arcade of relieving arches, containing a Venetian window, Venetian window-shaped mirror frames, with fan heads, and an apse with a semi-dome ornamented with a medallion and festoons, and containing a sideboard table and an elaborate girandole, and with a doorway on the far left-hand bay
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Circular Room at Gn Fitzroys house Exte[ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ]
Signed and dated
- 1774
datable to 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (548 x 290)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 29
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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