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[1] Design for a bookcase for an unknown house, 1778, not known to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/223
Purpose
[1] Design for a bookcase for an unknown house, 1778, not known to have been executed
Aspect
Elevation of a bookcase flanked by doors, with seven shelves descending in height from bottom to top, and protected by tassels, and the case is ornamented with lotus capital pilasters surmounted by oval enclosed rosettes, and a frieze of festoons, rosettes, and a central medallion
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Bookcase for Mr. Macdonald
Signed and dated
- 1778
Adelphi / 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washed including sepia and terre verte on laid paper (291 x 407)
Hand
Adam office, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
Harris, 1963, p. 59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p. 59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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