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[5] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the first-storey dressing room, 1776, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/53
Purpose
[5] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the first-storey dressing room, 1776, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with Doric stiles ornamented with drop calyx, and a capital containing a lekythos, with a band of dentils above. The frieze is ornamented with a central panel containing an enclosed rosette, flanked by festoons of calyx
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Dressing room one pair Story in Mr. Adam's House / Frederick's Place / 53 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- August 1776
1776. Adelphi Aug (cropped)
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (404 x 292)
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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