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[14] Rough preliminary design for a sofa for the north wall of the library, c1768-69, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 3/31
Purpose
[14] Rough preliminary design for a sofa for the north wall of the library, c1768-69, executed with alterations
Aspect
Elevation of an eight-leg sofa ornamented with Vitruvian scroll along the top rail, and cable moulding along the seat rail and arms. The sofa is surmounted by sculpted arabesques surmounted by a small urn. Behind the sofa is a tripartite mirror frame, shown in two possible designs, ornamented with terms and urns, or turned bars. To the left-hand side of the sheet is an isometric perspective of part of the sofa
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Lord Mansfield / Oak frame fixt on the wall to [feint pencil word] / Plate Glass
Signed and dated
- 1768-69
datable to 1768-69
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (339 x 492)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Harris, 1963, pp. 50, 79-80
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 50, 79-80
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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