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  • image SM Adam volume 52/60

Reference number

SM Adam volume 52/60

Purpose

[63] Preliminary design for ornamental panels for Lady Wynn's dressing room, 1775, possibly executed

Aspect

Above – Elevation of a square ornamental panel containing a central mask set within a wreath, and this crossed by bands of calyx enclosed within wreaths Centre – Elevation of a rectangular ornamental panel containing a tripod flanked by arabesques and tubular flowers supporting anthemia. The tripod bears female figures supporting a platform surmounted by a tubular flower. Above, a central rosette is set within a calyx wreath and flanked by festoons Below- Elevation of an ornamental rectangular panel containing pegasi, with arabesques supporting an urn and anthemia above. The urn is ornamented with gadrooning and a central winged sphinx, and supports an anthemion set within a wreath, with a tubular flower bearing a further anthemion above

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Lady Williams’ Dressing Room / To be sketched out at large-

Signed and dated

  • February 1775
    22d Febry 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (204 x 317)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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