Preliminary designs and designs for ornamentation to walls, ceilings, door panels or furniture for unknown rooms in unknown houses, c1769-74; it is not known if these designs were executed (4)

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - The Adelphi, London: designs for a speculative complex built by William Adam & Co., 1768-84 (168)
      - Designs for unknown interiors

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Preliminary designs and designs for ornamentation to walls, ceilings, door panels or furniture for unknown rooms in unknown houses, c1769-74; it is not known if these designs were executed (4)

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These drawings have previously been attributed as being for houses on the Adelphi, but no evidence can be found either to prove or disprove this attribution. As such the drawings are included here, but it is not known for which houses they might have been intended, or if they were executed.

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Contents of Preliminary designs and designs for ornamentation to walls, ceilings, door panels or furniture for unknown rooms in unknown houses, c1769-74; it is not known if these designs were executed (4)