[33] Preliminary design for a panel for a window shutter in the front drawing room, c1775, possibly 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)
      - Preliminary design for a panel for a window shutter in the front drawing room / music room, c1775, possibly executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 5/2

Purpose

[33] Preliminary design for a panel for a window shutter in the front drawing room, c1775, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of an ornamental window shutter, with a central medallion depicting a winged sphinx. Above this there are arabesques and a tubular flower with ram masks which suspend beading and pendent crosses. The tubular flower is surmounted by an anthemion, urn, arabesques and a calyx enclosed within a wreath. Below the medallion there are arabesques, a rosette enclosed within a wreath, an urn, a peltoid shield and drop calyx

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

[_ _ _] (cropped) long pannel for [s]hutters in front Drawing room

Signed and dated

c1775
c1775

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (228 x 981)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Verso

Charcoal, signature Robert Adam (ink) / 1 Pilaster & other ornaments for [_ _ _ _ _] decorations (ink)

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 27
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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