SM Adam volume 14/132

[48] Finished drawing for the Etruscan room / third drawing room, c1775, as executed

Elevation of a room with Etruscan-style ornamentation and a lit á la polonaise bed with block legs ornamented with drop calyx and rosettes, a frieze of enclosed anthemia and a skirt of lambrequins ornamented with calyx and arabesques. The oval canopy is ornamented with bands of foils and rope moulding, surmounted by rosette crenellations with pendent rosettes and a band of lambrequins ornamented with calyx. Above, the dome is ornamented with rosettes and swags suspending a peltoid shield. The bed is flanked by doors with ornamental panels, with the lower panel as SM Adam volume 5/4, the middle panel as SM Adam volume 5/12 and the upper panel containing a cameo surmounted by arabesques and an urn. The overdoors are ornamented with a tablet depicting a fan and urns and this is surmounted by a tripod bearing an urn flanked by griffins. Below there is an apron with a cameo and winged figures bearing festoons and this is flanked with drop calyx suspending further tablets and oil lamps. All this is set within a relieving arch. Above the chair rail there is an ornamental band of interlacing circles containing medallions and anthemia, with geometric bands above and below. Above this there are winged sphinxes, drop calyx and festoons of calyx surmounted by urns and lion masks within wreaths which suspend further medallions, and with tubular flowers bearing birds above. The room has a frieze as for the lady's dressing room, SM Adam volume 53/8