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[59] Preliminary design for the state bed, 1775
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/112
Purpose
[59] Preliminary design for the state bed, 1775
Aspect
Rough elevation of a four-poster bed, with a lambrequin tester, a base rail with Vitruvian scroll, Spalatro column posts, a headboard top rail of volutes, with a central anthemion, surmounted by a basket of foliage, and a domed canopy, surmounted by an urn
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Some measurements given in pen and pencil
Signed and dated
- 1775
datable to 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (204 x 235)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Harris, 1963, p. 51
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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