[49] Design for lock furniture, c1779, as executed

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    - Hill Street, number 31 (later 17), London, designs for a rear elevation, interiors and furniture, for Sir Abraham Hume, 1778-1780 (64)
      - Design and record drawing for lock furniture, 1779, as executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/70

Purpose

[49] Design for lock furniture, c1779, as executed

Aspect

Above – Elevation of door furniture, with a door handle ornamented with a central rosette and a band of rope moulding, and this is flanked by thyrsi. Below this, the lock takes the form of a peltoid shield, ornamented with lion masks and festoons of husks, and the lock cover is ornamented with a patera enclosed within a wreath of husks Centre – Elevation of door furniture as above, but detailing shell ornamentation set behind the door handle, and the lock mechanism Below – Side elevation of door furniture as above

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Lock furniture for Sir Abraham Hume Baronet

Signed and dated

c1779
c1779

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

Literature

Bolton, 1917, p. 6
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017

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