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[96] Designs for fire grates for the eating room, front drawing room, music room and rear drawing room, 1774, possibly executed

Eating Room- Elevation of a fire grate with turned feet, tapered, fluted legs, capitals containing paterae, and a frieze ornamented with rosettes enclosed within wreaths. The frieze has an apron of anthemia flanked by arabesques, and above all this the fire grate is flanked by pedestals bearing urns The grate is supported by paired, turned legs ornamented with gadrooning, and is surmounted by arabesques supporting further urns. The top of the grate is ornamented with rosettes, festoons of husks, and a central anthemion flanked by scroll work Front drawing room- Elevation of a fire grate with socle feet and tapering, fluted legs terminating in bands of guilloche and tubular flowers. The capitals contain rosettes and the frieze is ornamented with arabesques and anthemia. Above this the fire grate has turned bars flanked by pilasters ornamented with guilloche, sloped supports embellished with beading and rosettes, and tripods supporting urns. The grate bars are surmounted by further urns, and the back of the grate is ornamented with ram masks, festoons of husks, arabesques, and rosettes. All this is surmounted by anthemia and scroll work Music room- Elevation of a fire grate with socle feet and tapering, fluted legs which terminate in bands of guilloche. The capitals contain masks flanked by swags, and the frieze is ornamented with anthemia enclosed within scrolled hearts. The fire grate has turned bars, and these are flanked by fans surmounted by arabesques, and by paired Doric pilasters. Above this, pedestals support urns which are flanked by wreaths. The back of the fire grate is ornamented with rosettes and ram masks bearing festoons, with a frieze of laurel leaf tips above. The grate is surmounted by a part patera set within a fan, which supports a lyre and is flanked by palmettes Back drawing room – Elevation of a fire gate with turned feet and part fluted, tapering legs which terminate in bands of guilloche surmounted by tubular flowers. The capitals contain lion masks, and the frieze is ornamented with anthemia alternating with calyx. The turned bars of the fire grate are flanked by arabesques supporting urns, and paired pilasters ornamented with scales and masks. Above this there are anthemia supporting acorns flanked by urns. The back of the fire grate is ornamented with rosettes and swags, and it is surmounted by fans enclosing an urn, and this is flanked by putti bearing festoons, and by lions