Catalogue of valuable engravings of XVIII. century English and French schools ... and drawings, etc., the properties of the late Miss Ada Samuda ... of the Misses Grant ... and from other sources ..
An 1919 London auction catalogue by the auctioneers Puttick and Simpson, offering engravings, drawings and related items from the collections of Miss Ada Samuda and the Misses Grant, held at the Getty Research Institute. The pictures are rotated halftone photographs of period furniture: chairs, a sideboard-style cabinet and a carved cupboard. A designer might take their turned legs, carved splats and panelled doors as reference for historical furniture forms.
