[45] Design for a chimneypiece for the circular ante-room, 1775, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - London
    - Home House, Portman Square, number 17 (now 20), London, for the Countess of Home, 1775-78 (73)
      - Design for a chimneypiece for the circular ante-room, 1775, as executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/68

Purpose

[45] Design for a chimneypiece for the circular ante-room, 1775, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with stiles ornamented with relief fire screens, with tapering, fluted supports and a screen ornamented with a central leaf enclosed within bands. The capitals contain paired masks, a rosette and festoons of beading. The frieze has a central portrait medallion and the mantel is ornamented with a band of dentils

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Circular room at Lady Home's in Portman Square (underwritten in pencil) / 68 / (and in pencil) Circular Draw room with a tablet

Signed and dated

Feb 1775
Adelphi / 1st. Febry 1775. (underwritten in pencil)

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 292)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 20, 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 51, 66
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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