[5] Preliminary design for alternative wall bracket, c1765-78

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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    - Portman Square, numbers 41 and 21, London: executed and unexecuted designs for alterations, for William Locke, 1765-66 and 1772-78 (9)
      - Preliminary designs and finished drawing for alternative wall brackets, c1765-78 (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/23

Purpose

[5] Preliminary design for alternative wall bracket, c1765-78

Aspect

Elevation of a wall bracket, with a top rail ornamented with egg and dart, bead and reel, Vitruvian scroll, and beneath the body is fluted, partly filleted, and ornamented with acanthus leaves to each side, and beneath is a band of reed and ribbon, unlobed acanthus leaves, beading, and at the base is an acorn

Scale

full size, or to a scale near full size

Inscribed

Bracket for Wm Locke Esqr (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

1765-1778
date range: 1765-78

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (344 x 478)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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