[16] Alternative design for a chimneypiece for the eating room, 1771, as executed in 1990s

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - Edinburgh
    - Queen Street, number 8 (formerly 7), Edinburgh: designs for a house for Lord Chief Baron Ord, 1770-71, executed in part, with some alterations (25)
      - Designs, finished drawings and record copies for chimneypieces for a house, 1771 (10)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/286

Purpose

[16] Alternative design for a chimneypiece for the eating room, 1771, as executed in 1990s

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece showing a moulded lining, stiles and cornice with a fluted frieze and central panel comprising an enclosed mask with crossed sprigs and festoons, with enclosed rosettes in the corners

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Eating Room for Lord Chief Baron Ord ~ / (and underwritten in pencil) Marble facia / the stiles / 4.2 wide / by / 3 10 high / Veind Slab 2.4 wide / Black Marble Coving / (in pencil) Marble / 286

Signed and dated

1771
1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (405x277)

Hand

possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

J Whatman

Notes

A chimneypiece in the first floor rear room was executed to this design in the 1990s. It is not clear if a chimneypiece to this design was executed earlier and has since been removed at a later date.

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 12
Brune, 1991, pp. 475-482
Further literature references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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