[53] Working drawing for the back of the chairs for the great drawing room, 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)
      - Working drawings for the arms and backs of chairs for the great drawing room, 1779, as executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/90

Purpose

[53] Working drawing for the back of the chairs for the great drawing room, 1779, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chair back, as Adam volume 17/88

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Back of Chairs for the Great draw. Room at Sir A. Hume’s in Hill Street / N:B: a drawing of the bottom was given to Mr King but not copied being the same design as that for the other rooms only coloured like this / A should be purp[le] (cropped)

Signed and dated

April 1779
Adelphi 8. Ar. 1779.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including sepia, pink, olive green and cerulean blue on laid paper (374 x 521)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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