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