A series of three drawings demonstrate Adam working out the design for a chair for the hall (c. 1780). Adam volume 17/103 includes visible working towards the heater shield-shaped chair-back adopted in Adam volume 17/100, and settled on as the preferred alternative. Adam volume 17/104 shows that Adam has developed the form of the Ramsden stemma emblazoned in the centre of the chair, shifting from being encased within circular roundel, to escutcheon crowned by a ribbon. A Country Life photograph (Bolton, 1922, Volume II, p. 307), shows the chair was executed according to Adam volume 17/104 although with minor amendments (including the addition of stretchers).