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[86] Design for an arm chair for the Etruscan dressing room, 1776, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/95
Purpose
[86] Design for an arm chair for the Etruscan dressing room, 1776, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Perspective as Adam volume 17/96 but with scrolled arms ornamented with bell flowers rather than winged griffons
Scale
measured
Inscribed
Chair for the Etruscan room at Osterly and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- March 1776
Adelphi March 6t 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (271 x 405)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 95
Tomlin, 1972, p. 77
Harris, 2001, p. 179
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 95
Tomlin, 1972, p. 77
Harris, 2001, p. 179
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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