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[12] Design for the walls for stairwell, 1772, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 50/61
Purpose
[12] Design for the walls for stairwell, 1772, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey wall, with a central urn-filled niche on the ground floor, surmounted by a medallion and festoon, and flanked by doors with rectangular overdoor panels, and on the first storey is a large medallion, within a frame ornamented with terms, festoons, an anthemion within a scrolled heart as the apron, and surmounted by an urn, and flanked by rectangular panels containing medallions enclosed within wreaths; and on the second storey are two doors behind a balustrade, and in between is a wall ornament composed of a tablet containing rinceaux, with an apron of festoons, and surmounted by an urn flanked by winged sphinxes
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of one side of Staircase opposite windows / for Lord Bective
Signed and dated
- 24/01/1772
Janry 24t 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (301 x 489)
Hand
Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
Harris, 1973, note to pls. 15-18
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1973, note to pls. 15-18
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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