[50] Design for the chimneypiece for the Etruscan room / third drawing room, 1775, as executed

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    - Home House, Portman Square, number 17 (now 20), London, for the Countess of Home, 1775-78 (73)
      - Design for the chimneypiece for the Etruscan room / third drawing room, 1775, as executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/69

Purpose

[50] Design for the chimneypiece for the Etruscan room / third drawing room, 1775, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Etruscan-style ornamentation. At the base the stiles contain rosettes and winged sphinxes. Above this there is a tripartite design with the central compartment ornamented with a tripod and urn, wreaths and fans. This is flanked by bands with masks, drop calyx and rosettes. The capitals contain putti and there is a frieze of arabesques and anthemia alternating with calyx and tubular flowers supporting anthemia

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the third Drawing room at Lady Home's in Portman Square / 69.

Signed and dated

Feb 1775
Adelphi / 1st. Febry 1775.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including black and yellow ochre on laid paper (407 x 292)

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. 52, 54, 67
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 290
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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