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  • image SM Adam volume 23/95

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/95

Purpose

[23] Design for a chimneypiece for the eating room, 1777, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece as SM Adam volume 23/220b, with minor alterations. The swags flanking the urns are replaced with beading and there is a band of dentils and a band of laurel leaf tips above the frieze

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Dining room at Roxburghe House. / not executed / 95

Signed and dated

  • 1777
    Adelphi / 1777.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 290)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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