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[95] Unfinished design for a tripod pole screen for the Etruscan dressing room, 1779, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/148
Purpose
[95] Unfinished design for a tripod pole screen for the Etruscan dressing room, 1779, executed with alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a tripod with paw feet and flutes, sabre legs, ornamented with acanthus leaves, surmounted by a stick ornamented with spiral fluting, gadrooning, flames, and topped by a pinecone, supporting a rectangular fire screen frame, surmounted by two winged putti, and with pencil-drawn annotations to the right-hand side, and inside the fire screen frame
Scale
bar scale of 4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Firescreen for Mrs Child
Signed and dated
- April 1779
30t April 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including yellow ochre and black on laid paper (299 x 638)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 103
Tomlin, 1972, p. 81
Harris, 2001, pp. 178, 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 103
Tomlin, 1972, p. 81
Harris, 2001, pp. 178, 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk