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[25] Design for a chimneypiece and an overmantel mirror frame for the dressing room, 1777, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/101
Purpose
[25] Design for a chimneypiece and an overmantel mirror frame for the dressing room, 1777, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster stiles. The capitals contain square tablets ornamented with rosettes, and with an apron of guttae. The frieze contains a central tablet ornamented with an oval containing arabesques supporting an urn, and the oval is surrounded by rosettes. Above the frieze there is a band of dentils. Above the chimneypiece there is an overmantel mirror frame with paired, tapering Doric stiles. The capitals are ornamented with rosettes and swags, and the mirror frame is surmounted by a figurative roundel with and apron of swags, and surmounted by a tazza. The roundel is flanked by putti and socle bases supporting part paterae
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Duke’s Dressing room at Roxburghe House / A / (cropped) g above / (cropped) nice A / (cropped) awing / (cropped) to the Duke / (cropped) entirely plain / faint pencil inscription / Wood & Ma (cropped) / 101
Signed and dated
- December 1777
Adelphi / (cropped) / 20.t Dec.r 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (292 x 407)
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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