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[13] Preliminary design for a bedstead, c1761-63, there is no evidence that these designs were executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/161
Purpose
[13] Preliminary design for a bedstead, c1761-63, there is no evidence that these designs were executed
Aspect
Section of a four-poster bed as above, but to a different scale, showing arabesque ornamentation on the inside of the domed canopy. Further ornamentation is drawn feintly in pencil
Scale
13/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of the Bed for their Majestys
Signed and dated
- 1763
datable to 1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (346 x 593)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, index p. 35
Harris, 1963, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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