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[74] Alternative finished drawing for a sofa, for the drawing room, 1762, executed with alterations and delivered in 1765
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- Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire: designs for landscape architecture, alterations to the house, and interior design for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet (created Lord Scarsdale 1761), 1759-72 (149)
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/69
Purpose
[74] Alternative finished drawing for a sofa, for the drawing room, 1762, executed with alterations and delivered in 1765
Aspect
Elevation of a sofa with a voluted top rail with a central medallion, and with scrolled arms ornamented with terms, a seat rail ornamented with strigillated fluting, and sabre legs ornamented with scales, masks and claw feet. The sofa is upholstered in green and with bolster cushions
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Sofa for Lord Scarsdale, & also executed for Mrs Montagu of Hill Street
Signed and dated
- 1762
R Adam Archt 1762
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including verdigris within a single ruled border on laid paper (458 x 276)
Hand
John Linnell
Literature
Downes, 1930, p. 23
Hardy and Hayward, 1978, p. 265
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hardy and Hayward, 1978, p. 265
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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