[8] Preliminary design for an epergne, presumably for the dining room, c1769, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Mamhead, Ashcombe, Devon: designs for interior decoration, alterations to the house, a garden seat, a temple and stable offices for the 1st Earl of Lisburne, 1767-80 (32)
    - Alternative preliminary designs for an epergne, presumably for the dining room, c1769, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 49/34

Purpose

[8] Preliminary design for an epergne, presumably for the dining room, c1769, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of an epergne, with paw feet connected by swags, and a fluted base rail, with an apron of fans, supporting four winged sphinxes, supporting a dish ornamented with gadrooning and lion masks, with extending serpentine arms supporting further dishes, and the central dish supports terms, connected by festoons, and a canopy ornamented with fans, miniature lanterns, and gadrooning

Scale

full size, or near full size

Inscribed

2d Design for an Epergne / for Lord Lisburne (all in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

c1769
datable to c1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (693 x 570)

Hand

Robert Adam, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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