[29] Design for a chimneypiece for the first library, c1777, possibly executed

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    - Roxburghe House, Hanover Square, London, designs for a house and interiors for John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, c1775-79 (55)
      - Preliminary design and design for a chimneypiece for the first library, c1777, possibly executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/96

Purpose

[29] Design for a chimneypiece for the first library, c1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster stiles with ornamental panels containing tripods which support urns, and the urns are surmounted by calyx, rosettes set within wreaths, calyx set within wreaths and further urns. Above this there are further panels which imitate fire screens and are ornamented with suspended urns, calyx, and arabesques. The stiles terminate in part paterae set within semi-circular bands of enclosed calyx. The capitals contain panels depicting draped figures, and the frieze is ornamented with pedestals bearing urns linked by festoons of husks. In between the pedestals there are rosettes set within wreaths crossed by thyrsi. Above the frieze there is a band of dentils

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the 1.st Library room at Roxburghe House / 96 / Sir J. Delaval (pencil) / Gt Drawing room (pencil) / 4.6 by 4.0 (pencil)

Signed and dated

c1777
c1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including Indian yellow, cerulean blue, pink and terre verte on laid paper (404 x 291)

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.

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