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[32] Unfinished design for a slab for the commode for the great drawing room (now the portico room), 1779, possibly executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/44
Purpose
[32] Unfinished design for a slab for the commode for the great drawing room (now the portico room), 1779, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of a segmental slab for a commode ornamented with a band of calyx and foil. This is enclosed by a band of beading which suspends a central medallion ornamented with a half-putto and arabesques, and this is flanked by cameos depicting lekythoi. These are linked with swags and festoons of beading with pendent rosettes. The slab is bordered by a band of fret enclosing calyx
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Slab for the Table in Great Drawing room at Apsley House / Wrong
Signed and dated
- June 1779
June 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink and Indian yellow on laid paper (443 x 235)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, p.57
Lea, 2005, p. 12
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p.57
Lea, 2005, p. 12
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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