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[93] Finished drawing for a fire screen embroidery design for the Etruscan dressing room, 1776-77
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/143
Purpose
[93] Finished drawing for a fire screen embroidery design for the Etruscan dressing room, 1776-77
Aspect
Elevation of a detail of a fire screen containing a central urn ornamented with a cameo, fluting, Vitruvian scroll, and ram masks, arabesques of calyx, an anthemion supported by a tubular flower, rosettes, festoons, and the whole enclosed by a wreath of flowers
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Part of firescreen for Mrs Child
Signed and dated
- 1776-1777
datable to 1776-77
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including yellow ochre, black and cerulean blue on laid paper (295 x 347)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume I, p. 296; Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 103
Tomlin, 1972, p. 81
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 103
Tomlin, 1972, p. 81
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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