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[6] Preliminary design for a sofa, 1763-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/152
Purpose
[6] Preliminary design for a sofa, 1763-66, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a sofa, with four tapering, fluted legs, with ball feet, and a seat rail ornamented with acanthus leaves and fluting, and with scrolled arms, and a top rail composed of two scrolls which meet at a central anthemia
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1763-1766
date range: 1763-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (473 x 252)
Hand
Robert Adam
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
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