[23] Design for a chimneypiece for the ante-room, 1775, 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)
      - Design for a chimneypiece for the ante-room, 1775, possibly executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/65

Purpose

[23] Design for a chimneypiece for the ante-room, 1775, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with capitals containing enclosed rosettes, and with a frieze of rosettes alternating with calyx linked with semi-circular bands of beading

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Anti room at Lady Home's in Portman Square / 65

Signed and dated

Feb 1775
Adelphi / 1st. Febry 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 291)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 43, 62
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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