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[57] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for Lady Williams-Wynn’s dressing room, c1772, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/206
Purpose
[57] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for Lady Williams-Wynn’s dressing room, c1772, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with the lining bordered with a band of laurel leaf tips. The stile is formed with an Ionic pilaster ornamented with arabesques, rosettes roundels and peltoid shields. The capitals contain cameos flanked by bands of drop calyx. The frieze is formed with a band of rosettes and swags, and a hexagonal band enclosing rosettes and calyx. The frieze has a central tablet containing an oval depicting a reclining figure, and this is flanked by calyx
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sir Watkin William Wynn to look at / the Damask on Tuesday morning betwixt / 10 & 11 oclock in Gros Square- / Lady Wynne’s Dressing room / 204 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1772
c1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (198 x 182)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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