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[53] Preliminary design for an ornamental door panel for the Etruscan room, c1775, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 5/12
Purpose
[53] Preliminary design for an ornamental door panel for the Etruscan room, c1775, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of an ornamental panel with a pedestal ornamented with a rosette and bands of fluting. This supports an urn surmounted by arabesques and a tablet containing a figurative scene. Above this there is a wreath, portrait cameo, festoons, arabesques and a further urn ornamented with gadrooning and ram masks and surmounted by an anthemion
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
At Lady Houmes
Signed and dated
- c1775
c1775
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (190 x 553)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Notes
This design is included within an elevation of the Ertruscan room, SM Adam volume 14/132.
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 27
Whinney, 1969, pp. 54, 67
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 27
Whinney, 1969, pp. 54, 67
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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