[35] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, 1772, as executed

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    - St James's Square, number 20, London, designs for a house and interiors for Watkin Williams-Wynn, c1772-1777 (99)
      - Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, 1772, as executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/10

Purpose

[35] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, 1772, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with the lining bordered with laurel leaf tips. The Doric pilaster stiles are ornamented with panels containing socle bases embellished with paterae, bands of fluting and ram masks. The bases support draped figures bearing flutes. Above this there is a band of calyx and anthemia set within niches, and a band of laurel leaf tips. The capitals contain masks set within roundels ornamented with enclosed anthemia. The frieze is ornamented with a figurative panel depicting a horse-drawn chariot, draped figures and winged putti. Above the frieze there are bands of dentils, rosettes and laurel leaf tips

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¾ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the first Drawing room at Sir Watkin Wynn’s in S.t James’s Square / 10

Signed and dated

October 1772
Adelphi / 1.st Oct.r 1772.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (405 x 292)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 28, 284
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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