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