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[1] Preliminary design of a chair for the hall, c1780, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/103
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design of a chair for the hall, c1780, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chair with back in the shape of a shield with rounded bottom, arched crest and ears, stiles, a decorative shoe piece and a central roundel where stemma was to be situated, and with tapered legs, including turned capitals ornamented with cable moulding, and with ball feet ornamented with gadrooning, and a seat rail ornamented with enclosed rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 2 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chair for the Hall at Byram for Sir John Ramsden Bart / 103 / Feet
Signed and dated
- c1780
datable to c1780
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and pen on laid paper (403 x 274)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Harris, 1963, p. 48
Spiers, 1979, p. 30, Index, p. 5
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Spiers, 1979, p. 30, Index, p. 5
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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