[8] Design for a chair, 1779, as 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)
      - Preliminary design for a chair and designs for a chair, sofas and a confident sofa, 1779-1780, as executed (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/86

Purpose

[8] Design for a chair, 1779, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chair, as Adam volume 6/162

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Design of a Chair for Sir A. Hume Bart. / 86 (pencil)

Signed and dated

April 1779
Adelphi / 3.d April 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow, pink, and olive green on laid paper (174 x 374)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Verso

(In modern curatorial hand, pencil) vol 17 102

Watermark

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
Harris, 1963, pp. 56, 96-97
Harris 2001, pp. 177, 177 n107
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953

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