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[67] Design for a bookcase for Lady Williams-Wynn’s dressing room, 1776, not executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/220
Purpose
[67] Design for a bookcase for Lady Williams-Wynn’s dressing room, 1776, not executed
Aspect
Elevation of a bookcase set within a niche. The base of the bookcase is ornamented with a central panel containing calyx, and a tubular flower supporting an urn embellished with ram masks bearing husks. The urn is surmounted by an anthemion and flanked by rosettes and arabesques. The central panel is flanked by further panels containing arabesques, calyx, tubular flowers, and urns bearing swags, surmounted by anthemia. The bookcase has tapering term pilasters, ornamented with drop calyx, and shelves with aprons of enclosed drop calyx. There is a fluted frieze with a central tablet containing a roundel flanked by festoons of husks, and this is surmounted by a draped figure flanked by putti bearing books
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Bookcase for Lady Wynn’s Dressing Room / 9 / 220 (pencil)
Signed and dated
- February 1776
Adelphi Febry 7.t 1776.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including olive green, pink, Indian yellow and terre verte on laid paper (298 x 449)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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