[22] Alternative design for a chimneypiece for the second drawing room, 1771, executed

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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 22/288

Purpose

[22] Alternative design for a chimneypiece for the second drawing room, 1771, executed

Aspect

Design for a chimneypiece showing volute stiles terminating in acanthus leaves, with a moulded lining and cornice with a fluted frieze and patera at the corners

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for 2d Drawing Room for Lord Chief Baron Ord / Opening 4 . 0 wide / 3 - 9 high / All Statuary Marble / Slab 2 . 2 wide & B[_] / Marble Covings (all underwritten in pencil) / 288

Signed and dated

1771
1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (405x290)

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 study, and was returned back to the second 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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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