[25] Design for a chimneypiece and an overmantel mirror frame for the dressing room, 1777, 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)
      - Design for a chimneypiece and an overmantel mirror frame for the dressing room, 1777, possibly executed (1)

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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

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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