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  • image SM Adam volume 27/68

Reference number

SM Adam volume 27/68

Purpose

Preliminary design for a throne on a dais, ND

Aspect

Rough elevation of a throne with scroll arms, flanked by lute-backed chairs, and supported by a pedimented dais ornamented with Corinthian(?) columns, a lion and a unicorn

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (167x170)

Hand

probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam

Notes

The motifs of a lion and a unicorn suggest that this throne was intended for the British Royal family.

Level

Drawing

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