Design for a Library at Mamhead
Drawing
1766-69 (made)
1766-69 (made)
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Drawing showing the four elevations of a library interior 'folded down' around a plan of the same room. The walls are lined with bookshelves, complete with books. The bookcases are drawn as flat topped aedicules with Adam Ionic pilasters. The entablature has a daiper motif which is repeated in the frieze of the ceiling cornice. Acroterian statuettes are placed above the pilasters with shallow panels of classical reliefs set between. A panel of three figures sacrificing at a house is set in a lugged frame above the chimneypiece.
Object details
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| Title | Design for a Library at Mamhead |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink with grey wash |
| Brief description | Design drawing for the library at Mamhead House, Devon, by Robert Adam for Lord Lisburne, 1766-69 |
| Physical description | Drawing showing the four elevations of a library interior 'folded down' around a plan of the same room. The walls are lined with bookshelves, complete with books. The bookcases are drawn as flat topped aedicules with Adam Ionic pilasters. The entablature has a daiper motif which is repeated in the frieze of the ceiling cornice. Acroterian statuettes are placed above the pilasters with shallow panels of classical reliefs set between. A panel of three figures sacrificing at a house is set in a lugged frame above the chimneypiece. |
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| Production type | Design |
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| Bibliographic reference | Alistair Rowan, 'Robert Adam: Catalogue of Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum', V&A publications, 1988, cat. 136 and illustrated in pl.63 |
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| Accession number | D.2174-1896 |
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| Record created | July 25, 2003 |
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