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[54] Finished drawing for a tripod pedestal for the tapestry room, 1776, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/62
Purpose
[54] Finished drawing for a tripod pedestal for the tapestry room, 1776, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a tripod pedestal, resting on three winged sphinxes, and paw feet, with stretchers of guilloche and Vitruvian scroll, and containing arabesques, rosettes, an urn, fans, enclosed rosettes, an oval figurative medallion, masks, and enclosed calyx
Scale
bar scale of 2 3/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Tripod for the Tapestry room at Osterly
Signed and dated
- November 1776
Novr 13t 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow and sepia on laid paper (190 x 405)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 101
Tomlin, 1972, pp. 54-55
Beard, 1978, p. 55
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 101
Tomlin, 1972, pp. 54-55
Beard, 1978, p. 55
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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