[12] 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
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    - Buckingham House (later Buckingham Palace), The Mall, London: designs for the interior, an illumination, rebuilding the palace, and a pianoforte, for King George III and Queen Charlotte, 1761-1763, and 1780 (25)
      - Preliminary designs for a bedstead, c1761-63, there is no evidence that these designs were executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/160

Purpose

[12] Preliminary design for a bedstead, c1761-63, there is no evidence that these designs were executed

Aspect

Elevation of a four-poster bed with a domed canopy ornamented with urns, putti and military trophies. The legs are fluted and ornamented with acanthus leaves, and the base rail ornamented with Vitruvian scroll with foliage. Further ornamentation is drawn feintly in pencil

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Design of a Bed for their Majestys

Signed and dated

1763
datable to 1763

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (376 x 644)

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.

Level

Drawing

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