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Bound Print, Designs for Pier Glasses of the Great Room and Side Board Table in Dining Room, plate VIII, in Works of Architecture of Robert and James Adam, Vol. I, 1st Edition

This is a Bound print. It was designed by James Adam and Robert Adam. It is dated 1778 and we acquired it in 1981. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by James Smithson Society.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 66.5 x 47.3 cm (26 3/16 x 18 5/8 in.) Platemark: 59 x 44 cm (23 1/4 x 17 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: [...] Adam Architect; lower right: P. Beghie Sc.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, upper left: Vol: I.; upper center: No: II.; upper right: Plate VIII

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Designs for Pier Glasses of the Great Room and Side Board Table in Dining Room, plate VIII, in Works of Architecture of Robert and James Adam, Vol. I, 1st Edition; Designed by James Adam (Scottish, 1732–1794), Robert Adam (British, 1728–1792); England; etching on paper; Sheet: 66.5 x 47.3 cm (26 3/16 x 18 5/8 in.) Platemark: 59 x 44 cm (23 1/4 x 17 5/16 in.); 1981-36-1-17

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