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  • image SM Adam volume 5/9

Reference number

SM Adam volume 5/9

Purpose

[67] Preliminary design for a panel for a window shutter, c1775, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of an ornamental window shutter with a central urn bearing a tubular flower surmounted by swans which suspend festoons of beading, pendent cameos and drop calyx. Above this there is a mask with festoons of beading and arabesques surmounted by an anthemion. Below the urn there are further arabesques, a cameo depicting a draped figure with a swag an anthemion and a pendent oil lamp

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Long pannel in window shutters

Signed and dated

  • c1775
    c1775

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (248 x 908)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 27
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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