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[20] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the second drawing room, 1771, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/284
Purpose
[20] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the second drawing room, 1771, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece showing a lining with egg and dart moulding, and beading, flanked by plain stiles with fluted capitals containing anthemion, and a frieze containing festoons and enclosed masks, with harps above the capitals, and a moulded cornice with rosettes and laurel leaf tip moulding
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the second Drawing Room for Lord Chief Baron Ord ~ / 284
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (433x287)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
VI
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 12
Brune, 1991, pp. 475-482
Further literature references in scheme notes
Brune, 1991, pp. 475-482
Further literature references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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