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[2] Design of a chair-back for the hall, c1780, executed with minor alterations
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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.
Harris, 1963, p. 48
Spiers, 1979, p. 30, Index, p. 5
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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