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[49] Working drawing for a table possibly for the bedchamber, c1779, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/44
Purpose
[49] Working drawing for a table possibly for the bedchamber, c1779, possibly executed
Aspect
Full sized detail of an elevation of a table with a ball foot and tapering, fluted leg ornamented with a twining garland of husks and bands of enclosed rosettes. The capital contains an enclosed patera and calyx, and the frieze is ornamented with urns and tubular flowers. There is an apron of ribbons and festoons of husks. Above this the table slab edge is ornamented with a band of vine leaves flanked by bands of beading
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Table for Lady Bathurst Apsley House (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- c1779
c1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including olive green, Indian yellow and pink on laid paper (486 x 735)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison and title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison and title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
LVG surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, p.57
Harris, 2001(b), p. 101
Lea, 2005, p. 12
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p.57
Harris, 2001(b), p. 101
Lea, 2005, p. 12
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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