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[25] Working drawing for a commode in the drawing room, 1773, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 5/20
Purpose
[25] Working drawing for a commode in the drawing room, 1773, executed with alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a side panel composed of an oval compartment, within bands of beading, and guilloche, with calyx apron, and surmounted by an enclosed rosette flanked by bows and festoons, supporting drops of calyx, bows, cameos, and urns, and the whole is surmounted by a band containing an urn, rosettes, and arabesques of acanthus
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Part of a Commode for Robt Child Esqr (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1773
datable to 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (414 x 676)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 75
Tomlin, 1972, 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 75
Tomlin, 1972, 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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