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[13] Finished drawing for a sideboard for the great dining room in an Etruscan style, 28 October 1780, presumed to have been executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/57
Purpose
[13] Finished drawing for a sideboard for the great dining room in an Etruscan style, 28 October 1780, presumed to have been executed
Aspect
Elevation of a sideboard table, wine cistern, and two urns on pedestals. The table has a frieze of enclosed anthemia, and the urns are ornamented with toga clad figures. The wine cistern and pedestals have figurative panels containing merpeople
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/10 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Sideboard for the Duke of Cumberland
Signed and dated
- October 1780
Adelphi / Oct 28 1780
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash and coloured washes including yellow ochre and black on laid paper (350 x 630)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, and title inscription in the hand of Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, pp. 57, 72
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 57, 72
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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