[68] Finished drawing for a armchair for the state bedchamber, 1777, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Osterley Park, Hounslow, Greater London: designs for the house, interior and park for Francis Child and Robert Child, 1761-80 (126)
    - Interior decoration
      - Finished drawing for a armchair for the state bedchamber, 1777, as executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/97

Purpose

[68] Finished drawing for a armchair for the state bedchamber, 1777, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chair, with turned legs and ball feet, ornamented with fluting and acanthus leaves, a serpentine seat rail ornamented with cable moulding, sabre arms ornamented with acanthus leaves, an oval back supported by two winged sphinxes, and ornamented with a band of cable moulding, an enclosed rosette, and surmounted by a bow, and festoons

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Chair for the Bed Chamber at Osterly

Signed and dated

April 1777
Adelphi / April 24t 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including yellow ochre and cerulean blue on laid paper (291 x 433)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 96
Tomlin, 1972, p. 65
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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