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[54] Working drawing for arms of chairs for the great drawing room, 1779, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/87
Purpose
[54] Working drawing for arms of chairs for the great drawing room, 1779, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of an arm rest for a chair, with a central patera, enclosed within an olive-branch wreath with a ribbon
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Arm of Chairs for the Great Drawing room at Sir A: Humes in Hill Street / Adelphi / 87 (pencil)
Signed and dated
- April 1779
Adelphi / 8. April 1779.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and coloured washes including pink, olive green and sepia on laid paper (260 x 240)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
Harris, 1963, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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