[30] Design for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1769, possibly executed

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  - Luton Park, designs for a house and interiors including an organ case for John Crichton Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, c1763-72 (56)
    - Unfinished design and design for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1769-70 (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/251

Purpose

[30] Design for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1769, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with tapering Doric pilaster stiles, ornamented with rosettes set within medallions linked with filigree, and these are surmounted with panels containing thistles. The capitals contain busts, and there is a frieze of fluting interspersed with roundels containing the Order of the Garter insignias, and there is a central panel containing the Bute coat of arms flanked by horse and stag supporters and arabesques

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Chimney Piece for the Anti Room. / B. / at Luton / 251 / Bow window (pencil) / parlour story (pencil)

Signed and dated

1769
1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (405 x 293)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume I, p. 69; Volume II, Index, p. 21
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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