[12] Alternative finished drawing for the saloon and sofa, 1771, unexecuted

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    - Arlington Street, number 23, London: unexecuted designs for interior decoration for Sir George Colebrooke, 1771 (16)
      - Alternative preliminary design, design and finished drawing for the saloon and sofa, 1771, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 50/54

Purpose

[12] Alternative finished drawing for the saloon and sofa, 1771, unexecuted

Aspect

Section through a room, showing a wall elevation, with a coved ceiling ornamented with anthemia, winged female figures holding festoons, urns, and surmounted by a band of Vitruvian scroll, and this is above a frieze of bound laurel leaves. There is a central apse, ornamented with fans and swags, and a semi-dome ornamented with a fan encircled by oval medallions connected by festoons. Within the apse is a sofa similar to Adam volume 6/153, but with spirally fluted legs, and incorporating cornucopia in the ornamentation to the back. The apse is flanked by doors, which have fluted Corinthian pilaster architraves, and are surmounted by masks flanked by swags, bands of laurel leaves, and overdoor urns supported by sphinxes

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Section of a Room for Sir George Colebrooke (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

1771
datable to 1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow and pink on laid paper (595 x 513)

Hand

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

Watermark

XD&CB within a cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
Harris, 1963, pp. 53, 94
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 180
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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