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  • image SM Adam volume 22/287

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/287

Purpose

[19] Alternative design for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, 1771, executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece showing a moulded lining, stiles and cornice with a frieze comprising a festoon and enclosed masks with petals

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for 1st Drawing room Ld Chief Baron Ord ~ (underwritten in pencil) / Opening 4 . 4 ide / 4. 0 high / All Statuary Veind / 2.6 wide & Black / Covings – / (in pencil) Slab 2 .6 wide / 287

Signed and dated

  • 1771
    1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406x290)

Hand

possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

GR surmounted by shield with fleur de lis above

Notes

This chimneypiece was executed and placed in this room. It was later relocated to the hall, and was returned back to the first drawing room during restoration works in the 1990s.

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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