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Preliminary design for an armchair, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/160
Purpose
Preliminary design for an armchair, ND
Aspect
Rough elevation of a balloon-back armchair with a cresting of palmette and ornamented with bellflowers. The back is supported by a fluted shoe piece ornamented with a palmette flanked by sphinxes. Gooseneck arms culminate in volute handholds. A seat rail ornamented by olive leaf is punctuated ram masks at the knees and is supported by cabriole legs terminating in paw feet
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (200x250)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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