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[2] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the eating room, 1776, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/49
Purpose
[2] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the eating room, 1776, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with a stile ornamented with a console terminating in an acanthus leaf which suspends drop calyx. The frieze is ornamented with arabesques supporting fans, enclosed within a semi-circular band of calyx, and this alternates with calyx supporting anthemia. Above this the mantel is ornamented with bands of dentils and of egg and dart moulding
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Eating room in Mr. Adam's House (underwritten in pencil) / (in a second hand) Fredericks Place / 49/ faint pencil inscription right-centre and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- August 1776
Adelphi August 1776. (in a third hand) / (signature cropped)
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (405 x 290)
Hand
Probably
James Adam
James Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 60
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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