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  • image SM Adam volume 23/20

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/20

Purpose

[9] Design for a chimneypiece for the ground-floor drawing room, 1773, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Corinthian pilaster stiles ornamented with a continuous band of anthemia enclosed within scrolled hearts. The capitals contain roundels depicting greyhounds, and the frieze has a central roundel containing a mask set within a rosette. The roundel is flanked by tubular flowers supporting calyx enclosed within semi-circular-headed compartments. Above the frieze there is a band of oak leaves, a band of fluting, and a band of egg and dart moulding

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Drawing Room Parlor Story at Ashburnham House (underwritten in pencil) / 20

Signed and dated

  • August 1773
    Adelphi August 18.t 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (366 x 254)

Hand

Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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