[56] Record drawing for a table slab for the great drawing room, 1779, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Hill Street, number 31 (later 17), London, designs for a rear elevation, interiors and furniture, for Sir Abraham Hume, 1778-1780 (64)
      - Record drawing for the table slabs for the great drawing room, 1779, possibly executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/40

Purpose

[56] Record drawing for a table slab for the great drawing room, 1779, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a table slab ornamented with a part-patera enclosed within a fan, and the slab border is ornamented with square rosettes and flora enclosed within a band of fret

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Slab for the 3 Tables in the Great Drawing room at Sir Abraham Hume’s in Hill Street

Signed and dated

June 1779
14th June 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink, Indian yellow and verdigris on laid paper (300 x 438)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within and crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
Harris, 1963, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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