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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/25

Purpose

[24] Design for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, 1773, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with a lining bordered with a band of beading and a moulded band. The Corinthian pilaster stiles are ornamented with a lower compartment with a plain border, and an acanthus scroll with a central band of beading. The capitals contain ovals depicting rosettes flanked by anthemia. The frieze is ornamented with a band of arabesques alternatively supporting anthemia and fans, and these are enclosed within semi-circular bands of calyx. Above the frieze there is a band of laurel leaves and a band of rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the first Drawing room at Ashburnham House (underwritten in pencil) / 25 / Deval (pencil) / Chimney for first Drawing Room (pencil) / Parlor floor - - (pencil) faint pencil inscription and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1773
    1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (368 x 257)

Hand

Possibly
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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