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[2] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the great dining room, c1767, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/235
Purpose
[2] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the great dining room, c1767, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with pilaster stiles ornamented with drops of calyx, with a lining ornamented with beading, and acanthus leaves, with a fluted frieze, and a tablet containing royal insignia as drawing 1, with a mantel ornamented with fluting, laurel leaf tips, and egg and dart moulding, and with enclosed rosettes in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney piece for the Great Dining Room / for General Skinner at Fort George and some feint pencil inscriptions including 11t House / Parlor / Back Parlor / Mr Lascelles Study and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1767
datable to c1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (395 x 271)
Hand
James Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
For a full list of literature see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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