[16] Unfinished working drawing for a table slab, possibly for the drawing room, 1774, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - London
    - Northumberland House, The Strand, London: designs for the drawing room and dining room for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1770-79 (24)
      - Working drawing for a table slab for the pier tables in the drawing room, 1774, as executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/8

Purpose

[16] Unfinished working drawing for a table slab, possibly for the drawing room, 1774, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a detail of a segmental table slab, with a central fan, enclosed within a band of rosettes enclosed by drops of calyx, and acanthus leaves, encircled by festoons of bell flowers, and cameos, and with a border of Vitruvian scroll with foliage, and rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight wreaths

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Slab for the Duke of Northumberland

Signed and dated

06/05/1774
Adelphi 6th. May 1774.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink and orange on laid paper (846 x 520)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

D&CBLAUW IV and XDCB within cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
Harris, 1963, p. 56
Harris, 2001, pp. 99, 101, 344, 345
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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