[3] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the first floor small room, 1782, unexecuted

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  - The Tower of London, London, designs for chimneypieces and mirror frames for Mr Weaver, 1782-3, unexecuted (12)
    - Unfinished design and design for a chimneypiece for the first floor small room, 1782, unexecuted (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/143

Purpose

[3] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the first floor small room, 1782, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with a fluted pilaster stile surmounted by a capital containing an urn. The frieze is ornamented with a tripod, flanked by winged griffins, and has a central tablet containing a patera and ribbons suspending a festoon of husks

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney piece for the one pair small room at Mr Weavers House in the Tower / 143 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

July 1782
20 July 1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (406 x 290)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Verso

Preliminary design (pencil), possible for SM Adam volume 23/142 with alterations, to a scale

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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