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[7] Preliminary design for a sofa, 1763-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/71
Purpose
[7] Preliminary design for a sofa, 1763-66, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a sofa, as Adam volume 6/152, but with the legs ornamented with enclosed rosettes, and with the scrolled arms ornamented with scrolled hearts, and the top rail ornamented with guilloche, and with a pencil-drawn pattern shown on the upholstered back
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- 1763-1766
date range: 1763-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (482 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
Watermark
LVG
Literature
Harris, 1963, p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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