[55] Record drawings for friezes for the eating room, drawing room, drawing room screen, ante-room and dressing room, ND, as executed

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    - Home House, Portman Square, number 17 (now 20), London, for the Countess of Home, 1775-78 (73)
      - Record drawings for friezes for the eating room, drawing room, drawing room screen, ante-room and dressing room, ND, as executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 53/8

Purpose

[55] Record drawings for friezes for the eating room, drawing room, drawing room screen, ante-room and dressing room, ND, as executed

Aspect

Eating room - Elevation of a frieze ornamented with alternating masks enclosed within wreaths

Drawing room - Elevation of a frieze ornamented with paired satyrs supporting festoons and an urn alternating with draped figures supporting festoons and an urn. These are flanked by baskets surmounted by calyx, tubular flowers and anthemia and are linked by semi-circular bands of vine leaves

Drawing room screen - Elevation of a frieze ornamented with paired satyrs supporting festoons and urns surmounted by an anthemion. This is alternated with suspended urns with an apron of tubular flowers and festoons, and these are flanked by baskets linked by semi-circular bands of vine leaves

Circular anti room - Elevation of a frieze ornamented with supports bearing urns. The supports contain a central portrait cameo and the urns are ornamented with ram masks and festoons. All are linked with festoons of calyx

Lady's dressing room - Elevation of a frieze ornamented with rosettes enclosed within a roundel of foil alternating with arabesques surmounted by rosettes and anthemia, with a central band of calyx and festoons of beading

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Eating room / Drawing room one pair / Drawing room Screen / Circular Anti room / Lady's Dressing room

Signed and dated

ND
ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (291 x 470)

Hand

Possibly
James Adam

Watermark

LDV and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 52, 67-8
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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