Explore Collections Explore The Collections
You are here: CollectionsOnline  /  [9] Preliminary design for an epergne, presumably for the dining room, c1769, unexecuted

Browse

  • image SM Adam volume 49/35

Reference number

SM Adam volume 49/35

Purpose

[9] Preliminary design for an epergne, presumably for the dining room, c1769, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of an epergne, with a fluted stylobate incorporating dishes, surmounted by sphinxes, which support a base rail with an apron of swags, a turned socle, and a dish ornamented with gadrooning: from this main dish are arabesque arms supporting dishes, and the main dish supports a canopy, ornamented with fans, and supporting further dishes

Scale

full size, or near full size

Inscribed

3d Design of an Epergne for Lord Lisburne (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) (verso) 10 (in pencil) / Number 10 (in red pen) / Epergne for Lord Lisburne

Signed and dated

  • c1769
    datable to c1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (579 x 687)

Hand

Robert Adam, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
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

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk