[10] Record drawings for friezes for the hall and staircase, ND, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Home House, Portman Square, number 17 (now 20), London, for the Countess of Home, 1775-78 (73)
      - Record drawings for friezes for the hall and staircase, ND, as executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 53/7

Purpose

[10] Record drawings for friezes for the hall and staircase, ND, as executed

Aspect

Hall - Elevation of a frieze ornamented with urns and lekythoi alternating with rosettes enclosed within foils surrounded by calyx and thyrsi Staircase – Elevation of a frieze with fluted triglyphs alternating with masks encircled by a band of enclosed acanthus leaves

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Lady Home / Hall / Staircase (underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

ND
ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (290 x 471)

Hand

Possibly
James Adam

Watermark

IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 29, 60
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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