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[9] Preliminary design for a chair, c1768-69
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/156
Purpose
[9] Preliminary design for a chair, c1768-69
Aspect
Rough elevation of a chair with tapering, fluted legs, supporting a tabula ansata-shaped seat rail, ornamented with animal masks and foliage, and with a seat back composed of a wreath enclosing an anthemion, between two turned uprights, and with a top rail surmounted by scrolls, a coat of arms and crown
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Colonel Campbells Bill / to be got Ready by Next Saturdays / Night of Chimneys and What has / Been paid to the Ironmonger / the Cornice for Parlour to be got Ready / Not to be fluted 7 1/2 Inches high
Signed and dated
- 1768-1769
date range: 1768-69
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (191 x 230)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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