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[1] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the small parlour, 1782, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/144
Purpose
[1] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the small parlour, 1782, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with a fine band of fluting ornamenting the stile, and a capital containing a patera. The frieze is embellished with festoons of husks and rosettes, and above this there is a cornice ornamented with a band of semi-enclosed foliate
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Mr. Weavers house in the Tower / 144 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- July 1782
20 July 1782
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (406 x 289)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Verso
Preliminary design for a chimneypiece (pencil), with stiles and capitals as SM Adam volume 23/144, and a frieze with a central tablet as SM Adam volume 23/141 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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