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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/80

Purpose

[17] Finished drawing for a sofa for the drawing room, 20 January 1773

Aspect

Elevation with round, fluted, tapered legs, ball feet, a fluted seat rail with festoons and a sea-horse medallion, and a scrolled top rail ornamented with reed and ribbon, and a central pendant

Scale

bar scale of 1 7/10 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Sopha for His Grace The Duke of Bolton

Signed and dated

  • January 1773
    Adelphi / Janry 20t 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow and pink on laid paper (291 x 430)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Harris, 1963, p. 94
Harris, 1995, p. 73
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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