[5] Preliminary design for a tripod for the staircase, c1774, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Ashburnham House, 19 Dover Street, London, for John, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham, c1773-76 (47)
      - Preliminary designs for tripods and a lantern for the hall, c1774, possibly executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 6/64

Purpose

[5] Preliminary design for a tripod for the staircase, c1774, possibly executed

Aspect

Above- Elevation of a paw footed tripod with fluted legs, and this is supported by a fluted socle base. The tripod has a stretcher ornamented with a band of guilloche, and this bears a lekythos ornamented with gadrooning. The capitals form ram masks, and there is a frieze containing arabesques supporting calyx, with an apron of foil. The tripod supports an urn ornamented with gadrooning, an oil lamp in relief, and a band of swags Below- Plan of a tripod

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Tripod for Staircase at Lord Ashburnhams

Signed and dated

c1774
c1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (149 x 289)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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