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[7] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for a dining room, 1769, not known to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/244
Purpose
[7] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for a dining room, 1769, not known to have been executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with drops of calyx hung from bows in the stiles, surmounted by jugs in the capitals, with a fluted lining ornamented with enclosed rosettes, guilloche and waterleaf, a frieze of festoons hung from bows, enclosed rosettes, and a tablet containing a tazza flanked by festoons, and a mantel ornamented with laurel leaf tips, egg and dart and fluting
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Dining Room for _ Thornhill Esqr.
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (312 x 251)
Hand
Adam office hand, probably William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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