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Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/217

Purpose

[73] Preliminary design for a fire screen, c1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a fire screen with sabre legs and paw feet surmounted by a turned support. The screen is ornamented with flora, and is surmounted by putti bearing festoons. The screen pole is surmounted by a thyrsus

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Lady Homes firescreen

Signed and dated

  • c1777
    c1777

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (354 x 624)

Hand

Possibly
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 27
Harris, 1963, p. 57
Whinney, 1969, p. 68
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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