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  • image SM Adam volume 25/88

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/88

Purpose

[105] Design for a plate warmer, c1760-62

Aspect

Elevation of a cistern or vase with tripod legs and paw feet, an apron of swags hung from lion masks, a body ornamented with multiple female figures in relief, a frieze of fluting, and a lid ornamented with laurel leaves

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

For Sir Nathaniel Curzon Bart

Signed and dated

  • 1760-1762
    date range: 1760-62

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (207 x 350)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
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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