[5] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for a drawing room, 1770, not known to have been executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Thomas and/or George Thornhill: designs for ceilings and chimneypieces for an unknown house, 1768-70, not thought to have been executed (7)
    - Alternative finished drawings and record drawings for a chimneypiece for a drawing room, 1769-70, not known to have been executed (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/245

Purpose

[5] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for a drawing room, 1770, not known to have been executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with drops of calyx hung from rosettes in the stiles, surmounted by jugs in the capitals, with a lining ornamented with waterleaf, a frieze of alternating scrolled hearts enclosing drops of calyx and anthemia supported by calyx, and with a mantel ornamented with laurel leaf tips

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Chimney Piece for the Drawing Room for George Thornhill Esqr. and some measurements given in pencil

Signed and dated

1770
1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (407 x 293)

Hand

Adam office hand, probably William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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