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[4] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, c1767, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/238
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, c1767, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with plain stiles, a lining ornamented with egg and dart moulding, and laurel leaf tips, a frieze of enclosed rosettes, bows, and festoons, and a mantel ornamented with dentils
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the Drawing Room / at Fort George for General Skinner (in pen) / (and in pencil) Back Parlour / End house [ _ _ _ _ ] of / Moulding [ _ _ _ _ _ ] Marble / 4 by 3.8
Signed and dated
- c1767
datable to c1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (396 x 267)
Hand
James Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
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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