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[13] Design for a chimneypiece, possibly for a dressing room, 1765
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/133
Purpose
[13] Design for a chimneypiece, possibly for a dressing room, 1765
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with volute stiles ornamented with rosettes, and calyx, with a frieze of peltoid shields, and festoons, with a central tablet containing an urn, and arabesques, and with a mantel ornamented with fluting, laurel leaf tips, and dentils
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/10 inches to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (244 x 405)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 2
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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