[11] Finished drawing for the front parlour, c1775, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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    - Home House, Portman Square, number 17 (now 20), London, for the Countess of Home, 1775-78 (73)
      - Finished drawing for the front parlour, c1775, as executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 14/117

Purpose

[11] Finished drawing for the front parlour, c1775, as executed

Aspect

Plan and laid-out wall-elevations of a room with one long side containing two entrances, with festoons and rosettes above. The entrances are flanked by ornamental panels and the central panel contains an oval mirror frame flanked by winged sphinxes and surmounted by draped figures. Above this there is an urn in relief and festoons suspending medallions. The central panel is flanked by further panels ornamented with a relief of tripods and urns. The opposite wall contains three full-height windows with piers containing oval mirrors set within ornamental panels. Above this there is a frieze of urns alternating with fountains. One short wall contains a chimneypiece as Adam volume 23/63. This is flanked by ornamental panels. The opposite wall contains a central painted panel which is flanked by further ornamental panels. At each corner of the room there is a Corinthian scagliola column

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 3 feet

Inscribed

Lady Home's Front Parlor

Signed and dated

c1775
c1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and colured washes including cerulean blue and Indian red on laid paper (441 x 592)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 12-13, 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 34, 60
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 288-89, fig. 407
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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