[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.

Level

Drawing

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