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  • image SM Adam volume 24/158

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/158

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimney grate, ND

Aspect

Rough elevation of the left-hand half of a chimney grate, supported by a pedestal ornamented with enclosed palmettes. The grate has a tapering fluted leg, a base ornamented with enclosed palmettes surmounted by a balustrade and a miniature urn, and the back plate has a scrolled top and is ornamented with an enclosed palmette and festoons of calyx

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on sugar paper (177x138)

Hand

Probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792) - Collections

Level

Drawing

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