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[7] Design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1777, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/90
Purpose
[7] Design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1777, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with stiles formed with paired winged griffins supporting bas-relief panels surmounted by ram masks, and ornamented with pedestals supporting urns, calyx, tubular flowers, and anthemia. Above this a band of fluting forms a U. The capitals contain lion masks enclosed within a band of beading, and the frieze is ornamented with a band of enclosed calyx, and a central tablet containing an urn flanked by winged griffins, with tails forming arabesques. Above this the mantel has an apron of dentils
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Drawing room at Mess.rs Drummonds Charing Cross. / 90. and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- August 1777
Adelphi / 15. August 1777.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (407 x 292)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 52, fig. 57
Sands, 2016, p.27
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 52, fig. 57
Sands, 2016, p.27
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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