View of a first-floor room, probably an executive office and meeting room, of Hardy and Company, furnishers, looking towards the bay window at the rear of 30 Portland Place, Marylebone. The ceiling of the Adam room is decorated with gilded swags and urn motifs in low relief, surrounded by a matching cornice, lit by a pair of Art Deco flame pendant lights, an eight-arm chandelier, and three-arm wall lights. The bay window at the end of the room, is in a bay flanked by cupboards, each in an apsidal niches, again decorated with Adam motifs. The room is furnished with a central polished burr walnut table, set with five upholstered dining chairs, and a glass ashtrays and a cigarette box. Other furnishings around the room include an antique sideboard with a glass-fronted display case above, a side table in front of a communicating door, piled with books, a pair of pedestal desks in the bay, seen with a suited man on one of the telephones, another side table piled with papers and stationery, and an upholstered armchair, just visible on the right. The limestone Adam fireplace on the right, has a fluted band below the mantel shelf with neoclassical panels and urns in relief, and is flanked by pilasters with figurines in high relief. The fireplace is equipped with a polished brass electric fire, and has family photos and a testimonial displayed on the mantle piece, above. Other items in the room include a binding machine, seen on the window cill in front of one of the desks, and a receptacle on a stand next to the side table, on the right. The rear elevation and fire escape of houses on Cavendish Mews South, is visible through the window, framed by open velvet curtains and an Adam-decorated pelmet. The house is Grade II*, entry 1227024, and was the former home of art historian and broadcaster, Sir Kenneth Clark (1903 to 1983), and currently remains in commercial use.