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[25] Record drawing for a chair seat, c.1770-71, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/52
Purpose
[25] Record drawing for a chair seat, c.1770-71, executed status unknown
Aspect
Plan of a chair seat, ornamented with rinceau, including a central anthemion, supported by a fan and calyx, and with a border of figure-of-eight olive leaves, enclosing calyx and rosettes
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Design of a Chair Back for Baron Ord Coloured in same manner as Mrs Montagues
Signed and dated
- c.1770-71
datable to 1770-71
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (639x494)
Hand
possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
Footed P
Notes
This is the same design as SM Adam volume 49/51, a record drawing for a chair seat design for Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, c.1766, for her house at 23 (now 31) Hill Street, London.
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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