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[38] Design for a chimneypiece for the second drawing room, 1775, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/67
Purpose
[38] Design for a chimneypiece for the second drawing room, 1775, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with a lining bordered by foil, and the stiles ornamented with an urn, wreaths, a tapered support bearing a further urn with drop calyx and pendent peltoid shields. This is flanked by bands ornamented with flora. The capitals contain cameos and the frieze is ornamented with anthemia and rosettes alternating with calyx linked with beading. Above this there is a band of laurel leaf tips, and there is a central figurative tablet depicting a chariot drawn by lions ridden by putti
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the second Drawing room at Lady Home's in Portman Square / 67
Signed and dated
- Feb 1775
Adelphi / 1st. Febry 1775.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow, pink, cerulean blue and Venetian red on laid paper (406 x 291)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Verso
(In modern curatorial hand) vol 23 67 66
Watermark
LVG surmounted fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 17, 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 32, 65
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 17, 26
Whinney, 1969, pp. 32, 65
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
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