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  • image SM Adam volume 25/137

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/137

Purpose

[23] Preliminary design for a plate warmer for the dining room, 1784, executed status unknown

Aspect

Elevation of a drum-shaped plate warmer, with a stepped base, surmounted by a shaft ornamented with an oval medallion, turned shafts connected by festoons, fluting, a tabula ansata, and mask-shaped handles, and with swags around the neck

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

William Weddell Esqr

Signed and dated

  • 1784
    datable to 1784

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (290 x 181)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
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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