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  • image SM Adam volume 17/71

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.

Level

Drawing

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