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  • image SM Adam volume 17/72

Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/72

Purpose

[8] Design for a sofa, 1763-66, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation as Adam volume 17/71, but with alternative arms, composed of fluted shafts ornamented with acanthus leaves, and calyx, with an additional back rail ornamented with guilloche, and with rinceau, anthemia and rosettes ornamenting the upholstered back

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • 1763-1766
    date range: 1763-66

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, and wash on laid paper (458 x 291)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson

Literature

Harris, 1963, p. 51
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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