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  • image SM Adam volume 23/133

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/133

Purpose

Design for a chimneypiece, 1781

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric styles ornamented with gadrooned tripods ornamented with ram masks and supporting turned balusters, which are enclosed within continuous bands of wreaths and surmounted by tubular flowers. The capitals of the chimneypiece are ornamented with cameos depicting putti and the frieze has a central tablet containing a gadrooned urn, flanked by griffins

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • June 1781
    Adelp[hi] (cropped) / 2.d June / 1781

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (407x293)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Level

Drawing

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