[10] Design for the dining room, 1777, as executed

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  - Wormleybury, Hertfordshire, executed designs for interiors and furniture, and designs for garden buildings, for Sir Abraham Hume, 1777-80 (24)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 50/23

Purpose

[10] Design for the dining room, 1777, as executed

Aspect

Plan and laid-out wall-elevations of a dining room, with one wall elevation containing a chimneypiece as Adam volume 23/103, but with minor alterations. The mantel is surmounted by a candelabrum and urns, and all this is set within a relieving arch, ornamented with a medallion, relief pedestals bearing lamps, and a band of enclosed anthemia. The arch is flanked by panels, depicting urns and wreaths, and with a border of beading. Beyond this there are doors with cornices bearing a frieze of masks and urns. The elevation for the opposite wall shows three full-height windows, with a pair of tables, surmounted by pier glass frames as Adam volume 20/200. The elevation for one short end wall shows a central relieving arch ornamented as above. This is flanked by a doorway to the left, and a square plaque ornamented with an urn, wreath, and a band of beading to the right. Set above this there are medallions enclosed within wreaths. The opposite wall elevation shows a sideboard, set within a relieving arch, and flanked by decorative panels

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 5 feet

Inscribed

Design for finishing the sides of the Dining Room at Wormleybury / (and in the hand of William Adam) for Sir Abraham Hume / Adelphi

Signed and dated

Sept 1777
Adelphi / 27. Sep.t 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris within a single ruled border on laid paper (637 x 776)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
Harris, 2001, p. 71
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 26-27, 250-51, 258
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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