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[5] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the first floor large room, 1782, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/142
Purpose
[5] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the first floor large room, 1782, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with pilaster stiles ornamented with an ox skull, festoons of husks suspending a wreath, drop calyx, and an anthemion. The capital contains a rosette enclosed within a wreath and superimposed on crossed thyrsi. The frieze is ornamented with a band of enclosed calyx and fluting, and there is a central tablet containing an urn ornamented with gadrooning, swags and sphinxes
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney piece for the one pair large room at Mr Weavers house in the Tower / 142 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- July 1782
July 1782
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (406 x 285)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Verso
Preliminary design for a chimneypiece (pencil), possibly for SM Adam volume 23/143, bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Watermark
LVD surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
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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