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  • image SM Adam volume 7/208

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

Level

Drawing

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