[5] Design for an organ case, 1770, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Burghley House, Lincolnshire: designs for the interior of the house, partly executed, and unexecuted designs for a boathouse and gateway for the 9th Earl of Exeter, 1765-79 (16)
    - Designs for the interior decoration of the house, including the library, north hall, great staircase and an organ case (6)
      - Design for an organ case, 1770, unexecuted (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/6

Purpose

[5] Design for an organ case, 1770, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan and elevation of a tripartite organ case, the central projecting bay is framed by Ionic pilasters ornamented with drops of calyx. The lower register is ornamented with rosettes within octagonal panels, and the whole has a frieze of lyres, medallions, and festoons, and is crowned by enclosed rosettes, and enclosed acanthus leaves on one side, and an alternative of calyx, anthemia and acanthus leaves on the other side

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Organ Case for The Earl of Exeter in the hand of William Adam

Signed and dated

1770
1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (341 x 441)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, and title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 275
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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