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Reference number
SM Adam volume 7/208
Purpose
Preliminary design for a sofa, ND
Aspect
Rough elevation of a sofa with a cupid’s bow top rail with a cresting of arabesques and a palmette. An upholstered back and arms are ornamented with palmettes and arabesques and the seat rail is ornamented by egg-and-dart. Tapering legs terminating in spade feet support the whole
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (166x120)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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