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Reference number

SM Adam volume 6/153

Purpose

[11] Alternative preliminary design for the saloon and sofa, 1771, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough, unfinished elevation of a sofa, with turned legs, ball feet, a fluted seat rail, scrolling arms and back, a central medallion surmounted by an urn on the top rail, and the back is ornamented with an urn, arabesques, and anthemia

Scale

to a rough scale

Signed and dated

  • 1771
    datable to 1771

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (435 x 255)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Harris, 1963, p. 94
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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