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  • image SM Adam volume 24/49

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 60
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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