SM Adam volume 40/69

[29] Finished drawing for the octagonal dressing room, 1773, possibly executed

Plan and laid-out wall-elevations of an octagonal room. The principal entrance is surmounted by a cornice ornamented with a rosette, and this supports an urn flanked by winged sphinxes and arabesques. Above the entrance there is a panel containing half putti and arabesques. The opposite elevation contains a chimneypiece as SM Adam volume 23/8, and this is surmounted by an overmantel mirror frame. The stiles of the frame are ornamented with arabesques, and there is a frieze of arabesques and calyx(?), and a frieze of figurative roundels. The frame is surmounted by a central anthemion flanked by arabesques. Above the mirror frame there is a panel containing half putti and arabesques, and a frieze of laurel leaf tips. A further elevation comprises of a window with a cornice ornamented with rosettes and swags, and with a frieze of laurel leaf tips above. Above the frieze there are rosettes and festoons of calyx. The elevation opposite the window comprises of an oval mirror frame with an apron consisting of drop calyx enclosed within a wreath, and the frame is flanked by half figures bearing festoons of calyx. Surmounting the frame there are arabesques forming a scrolled heart, a wreath, a rosette, and swags. Above the frame there is a panel ornamented with half putti and arabesques, a frieze of laurel leaf tips, and a central rosette flanked by festoons of calyx. The elevations containing the window and mirror are flanked by elevations containing panels / doors, set within niches. The panels / doors are surmounted by friezes of rosettes and urns flanked by winged griffin. Above the niches there are panels containing half putti and arabesques, friezes of laurel leaf tips, and rosettes flanked by festoons of calyx