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