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Preliminary design for a throne on a dais, ND
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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
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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