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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/159

Purpose

[2] Design for a chimneypiece for a room on the first storey of an unknown house, possible the back drawing room or dining room, 1783; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles ornamented with rosettes enclose within figure-of-eight drops of calyx hung from bows; and with a plain lining, a frieze ornamented with anthemia connected by strigils; and with tripod perfume burners in the capitals (verso) rough pencil-drawn preliminary design showing the same chimneypiece as on the recto

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney piece for the one pair room at Mr Nettleship’s / Back drawing room (in pencil) / [ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] (in pencil) and some measurements given (verso) Dining room (in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • 21/06/1783
    Adelphi / 21st. June 1783

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (427 x 288)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Robert Morison

Watermark

IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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