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  • image SM Adam volume 17/100

Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/100

Purpose

[2] Design of a chair-back for the hall, c1780, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Elevation of a heater shield-shaped chair-back with arched crest, curved stiles, decorative gadrooned shoe piece and central circular roundel containing stemma of Ramsden family

Scale

bar scale of 2 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

100 / Scale of / Feet / (…) of a Chair-back for the Hall at Byram for Sir…

Signed and dated

  • c1780
    datable to c1780

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (215 x 179)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, p. 307, Index, p. 5
Harris, 1963, p. 48
Spiers, 1979, p. 30, Index, p. 5
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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