[1] Design for a chimney piece for the north-east bedchamber, c.1791, executed status unknown

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  - Inn at Dunbar, East Lothian: Designs for chimney pieces for James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale, c.1791, executed status unknown (10)
    - Designs for a chimney piece for the north-east bedchamber, c.1791, executed status unknown (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/203a

Purpose

[1] Design for a chimney piece for the north-east bedchamber, c.1791, executed status unknown

Aspect

Elevation of a chimney piece showing a moulded cornice and stiles, decorated with enclosed rosettes in the capitals and a central tablet containing a patera with crossed sprigs

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Veined Marble / N. East Bed Chamber / Veined Marble Stops & Coving / Veined / Marble / Veined on Stone with some dimensions

Signed and dated

c.1791
datable to c.1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (273x448)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson

Watermark

Portal & Bridges

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 10
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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