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[5] Design for the chimney wall for the drawing room, 1770-73, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 39/6
Purpose
[5] Design for the chimney wall for the drawing room, 1770-73, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a wall with a central chimneypiece with term stiles, a frieze of rinceaux and a figurative tablet, surmounted by urns, candelabra, a clock, and a Venetian window-shaped overmantel mirror frame supported by terms, and ornamented with festoons. The chimneypiece is flanked by a dado with an apron of festoons, in front of which are sofas and chairs, and above are further Venetian-window shaped mirrors ornamented with calyx, urns, medallions and lotus capital pilasters. Between the mirrors are girandoles incorporating medallions. The room has a frieze of anthemia and urns
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of the Drawing Room Northumberland House London (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1770-73
datable to 1770-73
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink, verdigris and Indian yellow on laid paper (1012 x 519)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam (underwritten in pencil)
Watermark
D&CBLAUW IV and XDCB within cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
Harris, 1963, pp. 56, 82
Stillman, 1966, pp. 74, 94
Harris, 2001, pp. 98, 99, 344, 345
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 314
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 56, 82
Stillman, 1966, pp. 74, 94
Harris, 2001, pp. 98, 99, 344, 345
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 314
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk