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[4] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1776, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/51
Purpose
[4] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1776, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with Doric stiles ornamented with a figure-of-eight band enclosing rosettes, and with a capital containing a turned baluster, supporting an urn. The frieze is ornamented with anthemia, alternating with urns, and all enclosed within a band of scrolled hearts. There is a central tablet, which contains a further urn and a recumbent, winged sphinx. The mantel is ornamented with bands of dentils and of acanthus leaves
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Drawing room in Mr. Adam's House Fredericks Place- (underwritten in pencil) / 31. and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- August 1776
(in a second hand) Adelphi / August 1776. / (cropped)
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (406 x 291)
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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