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Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Paint, mahogany, lime?, softwood, rosewood, deal, oak, lead, brass, iron, mirror glass
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871341
Summary
A set of painted dining room furniture, English. Drawings of both the pair of dining room urns on pedestals [NT 871341.2.1 and .2.2] and a wall mirror [NT 871341.4] by Robert Adam (1728 - 1792) survive, and so it is assumed that the fixed sideboard or serving table [NT 871341.1] and a marble-topped side or serving table [NT 871341.3] which are also part of the set were also made to his design.
Provenance
Almost certainly designed by Robert Adam (1728 - 1792) circa 1780 and commissioned by John Parker (1734 - 1788), 1st Baron Boringdon. Thence by descent. At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred on loan to NT Saltram in 1957 and transferred as an outright gift to NT in 1984 under s.9 of the Heritage Act 1980 to be maintained and preserved for display to the public at Saltram House with which they have a significant association.
Makers and roles
Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), designer
References
Macquoid, P. and Edwards, R., The Dictionary of English Furniture (Softback Edition, 1986), 3 vols., Volume Three, p. 139, Figure 5