[5] Preliminary design for a sideboard table and wine cistern for the dining room, not known to have been executed, c1786

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - Brighton
    - Marlborough House, Brighton, Sussex, designs for a house and its interior, for W.G. Hamilton, as executed, c1786 (13)
      - Preliminary design, design and record drawing for a sideboard table and wine cistern for the dining room, not known to have been executed, c1786 (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 6/118

Purpose

[5] Preliminary design for a sideboard table and wine cistern for the dining room, not known to have been executed, c1786

Aspect

Elevation of a table articulated with legs forming fluted Ionic tapering pilasters and with a frieze of foliage with a central rosette enclosed within a wreath. The capitals are ornamented with rosettes and the table slab is bordered with a band of leaf dart. Below is an elevation of a wine cistern with turned feet, and the cistern is ornamented with a band of strigilation, enclosed by bands of guilloche. Above this there is a central tablet ornamented with floral arabesques and a mask set within a roundel, and above this there is a band of beading. The cistern has handles ornamented with lion masks

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Signed and dated

c1786
c1786

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (260 x 172)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

PORTAL & BRIDGES

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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