[48] Finished drawing for a sideboard table for the drawing room, 1765, executed with alterations

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  - Syon House, Brentford, Greater London: designs for the interior and the park for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1761-69 (69)
    - Finished drawing for a sideboard table for the drawing room, 1765, executed with alterations (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/4

Purpose

[48] Finished drawing for a sideboard table for the drawing room, 1765, executed with alterations

Aspect

Elevation of a sideboard with four legs ornamented with anthemia enclosed by trefoils, masks and ball feet, a table rail ornamented with guilloche and anthemia enclosed by scrolled hearts, and with an apron of festoons, anthemia and arabesques of acanthus leaves

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Table frame for the Drawing room at Sion and a measurement given (in pencil)

Signed and dated

1765
1765

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including sepia and Indian yellow on laid paper (405 x 291)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
Harris, 1963, Index p. 52, and p. 66
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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