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  • image SM Adam volume 49/33

Reference number

SM Adam volume 49/33

Purpose

[7] Preliminary design for an epergne, presumably for the dining room, c1769, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of an epergne, with five visible legs, with paw feet, and a shaped base rail, supporting a socle and urn, ornamented with gadrooning, fluting, and ram masks, and flanked by foliate serpentine arms supporting dishes, and the urn is surmounted by a turned shaft, supporting arabesque arms and further dishes, and an reticulated segemental canopy with fan-shaped edges, ornamented with miniature urns

Scale

full size, or near full size

Inscribed

Lord Lisburne Epergne (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • c1769
    datable to c1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (571 x 602)

Hand

Robert Adam, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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