[56] 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 5/11

Purpose

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

Aspect

Elevation of an ornamental panel with a central roundel depicting a pegasus, this is surmounted by calyx and arabesques supporting an oil lamp. Above this there is a wreath bearing a draped figure supporting an urn. Below the roundel there is an apron of arabesques suspending an urn, drop calyx, rosettes enclosed within wreaths and a peltoid shield surrounded by thyrsi

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Signed and dated

c1775
c1775

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (165 x 899)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

Cartouche (cropped), 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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