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[24] Working drawing for a commode in the drawing room, 1773, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/210
Purpose
[24] Working drawing for a commode in the drawing room, 1773, executed with alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a detail of a commode, with a central medallion, enclosed within an octagonal fluted frame, with an anthemion supported by arabesques on four sides, and flanked by turned pedestals supporting cameos and anthemia, and this is surmounted by a frieze of arabesques, with a central tablet containing a cameo flanked by winged griffons
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Part of Commode for Robert Child Esqr.
Signed and dated
- 1773
datable to 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (533 x 674)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 74
Tomlin, 1972, pp. 42-44
Harris, 2001, p. 166 Tomlin, 1972, p. 44
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 74
Tomlin, 1972, pp. 42-44
Harris, 2001, p. 166 Tomlin, 1972, p. 44
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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