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[35] Working 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
Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/45
Purpose
[35] Working drawing for a segmental slab for the commode for the great drawing room (now the portico room), 1779, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of a detail of a segmental slab for a commode, ornamented with a frame containing calyx and with a boarder of beading, and beyond this a central medallion containing a putto and arabesques, this is flanked by oval medallions containing urns, and all ornamented with ribbons, beading and paterae, and the slab has a border of fret and calyx
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Top of Table for the Great drawing roomfor The Earl of Bathurst / Pink ground / Pink ground
Signed and dated
- December 1779
Adelphi / 20th Dec.r 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink and olive green on laid paper (667 x 995)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Verso
3
Watermark
PVL
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.
Harris, 1963, p. 57
Lea, 2005, p. 12
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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