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[27] Design for a chimneypiece for the first library, 1777, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/98
Purpose
[27] Design for a chimneypiece for the first library, 1777, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster stiles which contain panels in the form of fire screens. The panels contain ovals depicting winged sphinxes, and with aprons of rosettes and arabesques above. The capitals contain pedestals supporting urns ornamented with anthemia and flanked by drop calyx suspending rosette roundels. The frieze contains a central tablet ornamented with a wreath crossed by branches
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
First Library room Chimney Piece at Roxburghe House (underwritten in pencil) / All Statuary / Statuary with Globe in tablet (pencil) / 98 / faint pencil inscription
Signed and dated
- December 1777
Adelphi / 31.st Dec.r 1777.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (408 x 291)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
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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