[27] Designs for fire grates for the octagonal dressing room, 1774, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - St James's Square, number 20, London, designs for a house and interiors for Watkin Williams-Wynn, c1772-1777 (99)
      - Unfinished design and designs for a chimneypiece and fire grate for the octagonal dressing room, 1772-74, possibly executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/127

Purpose

[27] Designs for fire grates for the octagonal dressing room, 1774, possibly executed

Aspect

Above – Elevation of a fire grate, with stiles alternatively ornamented. The left-hand stile contains an ox skull and rosettes enclosed within wreaths of husks, and this is bordered with vine leaves. The right-hand stile contains arabesques supporting a peltoid shield surmounted by anthemia, flora, and a rosette enclosed within vines. The grate has straight bars, and it is bordered with a band of guilloche. Beneath the grate there are alternative forms of ornamentation. On the left-hand side there is a horizontal band of calyx and arabesques, and on the right-hand side there are vertical bands of vine leaf Below- Elevation of a fire grate, with alternative forms of ornamentation. On the left-hand side there is strigilation surmounted by a moulded band. On the right-hand side there is strigilation terminating in waved bands, and there is a central band of rosettes, scrolled hearts and calyx. Above all this there is a band of vine leaves

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Sir W: W: W: Private Dressing Room / 7 / 127 (pencil)

Signed and dated

1774
1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (147 x 408)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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