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Designs for ornamental panels, possibly for a drawing room, 1779, possibly executed (6)

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As Adam’s commissions for Hume are executed almost concurrently, with work at Wormleybury undertaken from 1777 - 1780, and at Hill Street from 1778 – 1780, it is difficult to ascertain the intended location for some of the designs. In particular there are several drawings for ornamental panels, some of which are simply assigned to Sir Abraham Hume, which are therefore difficult to place. As a number of the panel designs appear to have been intended for the drawing rooms at Hill Street, those drawings which remain unassigned have also been catalogued under the Hill Street scheme. It is possible however, that some of these designs may have been intended for Wormleybury.

Bolton highlights this use of ornamental painted panels as an example of Adam’s tendency in later designs to employ painted detail rather than the carved and stucco ornamentation apparent in earlier schemes.

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