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[41] Unfinished design for scagliola tables, 1773, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/22
Purpose
[41] Unfinished design for scagliola tables, 1773, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a table with turned feet surmounted by tablets containing rosettes, and with fluted, tapering legs surmounted by a band of beading. The table has capitals in the form of ram masks bearing swags. The frieze is ornamented with fluting and arabesques supporting anthemia flanked by calyx, and there is an apron of swags and wreaths. Above the frieze and beneath the scagiola top there is a band of beading and of laurel leaf tips
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Frame for the Scagliola Tables. / for Sir Watkin Wynn Baronet / 22
Signed and dated
- August 1773
Adelphi August 24 / 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (358 x 244)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
Harris, 2013, pp. 390-95
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2013, pp. 390-95
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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