[58] Preliminary design for an ornamental panel, c1775, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Home House, Portman Square, number 17 (now 20), London, for the Countess of Home, 1775-78 (73)
      - Preliminary designs for ornamental panels, panels for window shutters and a door, c1775, possibly executed (14)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 5/10

Purpose

[58] Preliminary design for an ornamental panel, c1775, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of an ornamental panel with a central medallion set within an octagonal compartment surrounded by thyrsi. This is surmounted by wreaths and a tubular flower which supports a draped figure. Above this there are arabesques and further tubular flowers which are surmounted by a swan. Below the medallion there are calyx, arabesques, wreaths and a suspended tablet surmounted by putti. The tablet has an apron of swags with a pendent oil lamp

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Signed and dated

c1775
c1775

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (196 x 916)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

Crowned cartouche (cropped)

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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