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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/19

Purpose

[48] Design for a table, 1772, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a table with turned feet surmounted by a band of guilloche, and tapering fluted legs surmounted by a band of scales, which flank compartments ornamented with the Order of the Garter star, with aprons of calyx below. The table has a frieze of anthemia enclosed within scrolled hearts, and the capitals are ornamented with ram masks. Above this there is a band of laurel leaf tips, and the table has an apron of fans and festoons formed from chains of roundels

Scale

bar scale of 2 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Frame for the Alabaster Tables / for Luton / 19

Signed and dated

  • November 1772
    17.t Nov.r 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and Indian yellow wash on laid paper (335 x 297)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume I, p. 69; Volume II, Index, p. 21
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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