[34] Record drawing for a segmental slab for the commode for the great drawing room (now the portico room), 1779, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Apsley House, Piccadilly, London: plans, elevations, section and designs for the interior, and an elevation for the gatehouse, for the 2nd Earl Bathurst, 1771-1779 (56)
      - Unfinished design, finished drawing, record drawing and working drawing for a segmental slab for the commode for great drawing room (now the portico room), 1779, possibly as executed (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/46

Purpose

[34] Record drawing for a segmental slab for the commode for the great drawing room (now the portico room), 1779, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a segmental slab for a commode as Adam volume 17/45

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Slab for the Tables in Great Drawing room at Apsley House in Piccadilly / Slab (for)? the Commode for Lady Bathurst (under title inscription in pencil)

Signed and dated

June 1779
19th June 1779 / (Adelphi)?

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink and Indian yellow on laid paper (446 x 237)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

Fleur-de-lis surmounted by banded cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, p.57
Lea, 2005, p. 12
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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