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[16] Design for a chimneypiece for the library, 1773, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/22
Purpose
[16] Design for a chimneypiece for the library, 1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with a lining bordered with a band of laurel leaf tips. The pilaster stiles are ornamented with a band of wreaths suspended from ribbons and enclosing rosettes. The capitals contain urns set within paterae and surrounded by calyx. The frieze is ornamented with a band of arabesques, alternatively supporting anthemia and calyx. There is a central tablet containing a figurative oval enclosed within an olive leaf band, and this is flanked by rosettes, drop calyx and pedestals supporting urns bearing anthemia. Above the frieze there are bands of laurel leaf tips
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Library (underwritten in pencil) / It is proposed to introduce Some of Messr Widgwood (sic) & Bentleys Works into this Chimney / & the ornaments may be done Colourd in Scagliola by Richter(?) & Bartoli(?) / if Lord Ashburnham choses it- / 22 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1773
1773.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (346 x 252)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
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
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