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[11] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the eating room, 1772, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/5
Purpose
[11] Unfinished design for a chimneypiece for the eating room, 1772, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with the lining bordered with bands of laurel leaf tips and fluting. The pilaster stiles are ornamented with panels containing suspended rosettes, and above this there are ram masks and scroll work ornamented with bands of beading and laurel leaf tips. The scroll work terminates in acanthus leaves. The capitals contain patera surrounded by calyx, and the frieze is ornamented with rosettes enclosed within wreaths. Above the frieze there are bands of laurel leaf tips, dentils and acanthus leaves
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¾ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney piece for the Eating room at Sir Watkin Wynn’s in S.t James’s Square / 5 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- August 1772
Adelphi / 11.t Aug.st 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (406 x 291)
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. 49
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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