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[1] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the eating room of an unknown house, ND; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/200
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the eating room of an unknown house, ND; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Rough elevation of a chimneypiece, with console stiles ornamented with acanthus leaves, and a vesica-shaped compartment ornamented with foliage, and with a mask and crossed thyrsi surmounted by an urn flanked by miniature fluted pilasters in the capitals, and with a frieze ornamented with a band of segmental compartments, and a tablet containing an urn (verso) rough pencil design for an interior wall
Scale
to a rough scale
Signed and dated
- 1758-94
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (307 x 231)
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
GR surmounted by fleur de lis within crowed cartouche
Level
Drawing
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