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[5] Design for a chimney piece for the great room, c.1791, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/221
Purpose
[5] Design for a chimney piece for the great room, c.1791, executed status unknown
Aspect
Elevation of a chimney piece showing a moulded cornice and stiles, decorated with a central tablet bound by a frieze containing rosettes, and flanked by a pair of fluted console brackets terminating in acanthus leaves with moulded panels below
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Inn at Dunbar / great room with some dimensions
Signed and dated
- c.1791
datable to c.1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (297x226)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 10
Further literary references in scheme notes
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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