Design for a chimneypiece for the ante room to the principal bedchamber (now the Homer bedroom), 1774, as executed (1)

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Design for a chimneypiece for the ante room to the principal bedchamber (now the Homer bedroom), 1774, as executed (1)

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The ante room to the principal bedchamber (formerly known as the Satin room) is located on the first floor of the house, and is now known as the Homer bedroom. The chimneypiece was executed in accordance with Adam’s design, and survives in situ.

There is an Adam office grey-washed finished drawing duplicate of Adam volume 22/262 at the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Morley (WYL5013/D/1/11/3).

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