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Reference number

SM Adam volume 49/55

Purpose

[13] Design for a vase to stand in the chimneypiece, 1778

Aspect

Elevation of a vase ornamented with a central oval medallion, masks, Vitruvian scroll with foliage, fluting, festoons, and gadrooning, and with scrolled handles

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Vase to stand on the Chimney Pieces in the Hall at Harewood

Signed and dated

  • 1778
    Adelphi / 11t March 1778

Medium and dimensions

pen and pencil on laid paper (379 x 500)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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