[92] Finished drawing for a fire screen embroidery design for the Etruscan dressing room, 1776

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Osterley Park, Hounslow, Greater London: designs for the house, interior and park for Francis Child and Robert Child, 1761-80 (126)
    - Interior decoration
      - Alternative preliminary design, finished drawings and record drawing for a fire screen embroidery design for the Etruscan dressing room, 1776-77 (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/142

Purpose

[92] Finished drawing for a fire screen embroidery design for the Etruscan dressing room, 1776

Aspect

Elevation of a fire screen as Adam volume 5/36, but colour-washed

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Fire Screen for Mrs Child

Signed and dated

December 1776
Adelphi 11t Decr 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including yellow ochre, black and cerulean blue on laid paper (461 x 512)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume I, p. 296; Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 103
Tomlin, 1972, p. 81
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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