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[24] Record drawing for a chair seat, c.1770-71, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/50
Purpose
[24] Record drawing for a chair seat, c.1770-71, executed status unknown
Aspect
Plan of a quadrilateral chair seat, ornamented with a central rosette within a fan enclosed by a circular frame containing Vitruvian scroll, with four corner sets of rinceaux framing anthemions supported by calyx pairs, and with a border of figure-of-eight olive leaves, enclosing calyx and rosettes
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Chair Bottom for Ld Chief Baron Ord according to the Dimensions mark’d with some dimensions
Signed and dated
- c.1770-71
datable to 1770-71
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including pink, red, cerulean blue, olive green and Indian yellow on laid paper (604x505)
Hand
possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
D & G Blauw
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 12
Brune, 1991, pp. 475-482
Further literature references in scheme notes
Brune, 1991, pp. 475-482
Further literature references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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