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[67] Preliminary design for a panel for a window shutter, c1775, possibly executed
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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
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.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 27
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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