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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/92

Purpose

[47] Preliminary design for a hall chair, 1767

Aspect

Elevation with fluted legs, bun feet and a seat ornamented with a large rosette. The back is ornamented with Vitruvian scroll, a fluted back splat, and the top rail takes the form of a peltoid shield surmounted by an anthemion

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Sketch of a Hall Chair for The Rt Honble The Earl of Coventry and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1767
    1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (241 x 350)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, pp. 57, 93-94
Harris, 2001, p. 63
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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