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Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/27

Purpose

[21] Design for a bracket for the library, 1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a fluted bracket with an apron of lambrequins ornamented with calyx and a pendent mask with suspended beading and calyx

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Bracket for Lady Home's Library

Signed and dated

  • Feb 1777
    Adelphi Febry 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (295 x 407)

Hand

Possibly
Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 27
Whinney, 1969, p. 62
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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