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[31] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1770, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/252
Purpose
[31] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1770, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster stiles, and a capital containing a bust, with a scrolled leaf below. The lining of the chimney is bordered with beading and a band of acanthus leaves, or alternatively egg and dart moulding. The chimneypiece has a frieze of rosettes enclosed within roundels and festoons of husks, and above this there is a band of laurel leaf tips
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Peice for the Anti Room at Luton. (underwritten in pencil) / 252 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- April 1770
April 6.t 1770- / 1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (420 x 264)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
LVG surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume I, P. 69; Volume II, Index, p. 21
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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