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[6] Preliminary designs for a table for the hall, 1772, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 5/37
Purpose
[6] Preliminary designs for a table for the hall, 1772, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation showing a detail of a table, with a fluted leg, surmounted by a capital of acanthus leaves, surmounted by a frieze composed of enclosed rosettes and turned pedestals, alternating with ox sculls, and beneath is a larger detail of the turned pedestal, and an alternative design for the frieze, containing a jug
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Mr Gifford Hall
Signed and dated
- 1772
datable to 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on sugar paper (454 x 307)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 6
Harris, 1963, Index p. 48
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 48
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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