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Designs for six capitals incorporating foliate and scrolled decoration with one featuring a pair of bound satyr figures
RIBA29014
NOTES: Part of the Burlington Devonshire Collection. These capitals are based upon, but not copied from, the many sheets of fanciful capitals attributed to Giovanni Battista Montano and others, some intended for Montano's 'Cinque libri di architettura' (which was later published in Rome in 1684).
Designs for six capitals incorporating foliate, scrolled and other decorative motifs and Grotesque ornament
RIBA29015
NOTES: Part of the Burlington Devonshire Collection. These capitals are based upon, but not copied from, the many sheets of fanciful capitals attributed to Giovanni Battista Montano and others, some intended for Montano's 'Cinque libri di architettura' (which was later published in Rome in 1684).
Designs for six capitals incorporating foliate, scrolled and other decorative motifs including human figures, ram's heads and Grotesque ornament
RIBA29016
NOTES: Part of the Burlington Devonshire Collection. These capitals are based upon, but not copied from, the many sheets of fanciful capitals attributed to Giovanni Battista Montano and others, some intended for Montano's 'Cinque libri di architettura' (which was later published in Rome in 1684).
Designs for six capitals incorporating foliate, scrolled and other decorative motifs including winged horses and Grotesque ornament
RIBA29017
NOTES: Part of the Burlington Devonshire Collection. These capitals are based upon, but not copied from, the many sheets of fanciful capitals attributed to Giovanni Battista Montano and others, some intended for Montano's 'Cinque libri di architettura' (which was later published in Rome in 1684).
Designs for five capitals (including two pilaster capitals) incorporating basketweave motifs and Grotesque ornament
RIBA29018
NOTES: Part of the Burlington Devonshire Collection. These capitals are based upon, but not copied from, the many sheets of fanciful capitals attributed to Giovanni Battista Montano and others, some intended for Montano's 'Cinque libri di architettura' (which was later published in Rome in 1684).
Design for four capitals incorporating foliate and Grotesque ornament and putti motifs
RIBA29020
NOTES: Part of the Burlington Devonshire Collection. These capitals are based upon, but not copied from, the many sheets of fanciful capitals attributed to Giovanni Battista Montano and others, some intended for Montano's 'Cinque libri di architettura' (which was later published in Rome in 1684).
Design for six capitals and six panels, incorporating Grotesque ornament, foliate, basketweave and putti motifs
RIBA29021
NOTES: Part of the Burlington Devonshire Collection. These capitals are based upon, but not copied from, the many sheets of fanciful capitals attributed to Giovanni Battista Montano and others, some intended for Montano's 'Cinque libri di architettura' (which was later published in Rome in 1684).
Wollaton Hall, Wollaton, Nottinghamshire: detail of a strapwork ornamental term feature
RIBA29144
NOTES: Wollaton Hall was built between 1580 and 1588 for Sir Francis Willoughby. This drawing is a copied detail from the title page of the 'Caryatidae' by Vredeman de Vries (n.d.).
Wollaton Hall, Wollaton, Nottinghamshire: detail of a strapwork ornamental feature
RIBA29145
NOTES: Wollaton Hall was built between 1580 and 1588 for Sir Francis Willoughby. This drawing is a copied detail from the title page of the 'Caryatidae' by Vredeman de Vries (n.d.).
Wollaton Hall, Wollaton, Nottinghamshire: design for the hall screen
RIBA29146
NOTES: Wollaton Hall was built between 1580 and 1588 for Sir Francis Willoughby.
Wollaton Hall, Wollaton, Nottinghamshire: designs for metopes for the hall screen and tower cartouches
RIBA29147
NOTES: Wollaton Hall was built between 1580 and 1588 for Sir Francis Willoughby. These drawings were copied from designs in 'Variae architecturae formae' by Vredeman de Vries (Antwerp, 1563).
Wollaton Hall, Wollaton, Nottinghamshire: design for a panel for the hall screen, featuring strapwork ornament and a central lion's head motif
RIBA29148
NOTES: Wollaton Hall was built between 1580 and 1588 for Sir Francis Willoughby. This drawing was adapted from a design in 'Variae architecturae formae' by Vredeman de Vries (Antwerp, 1563).