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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/192
Purpose
Design for a chimneypiece, ND
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with tapering Doric pilaster styles ornamented with ram masks, which suspend beading, festoons of husks, drop calyx, arabesques, wreaths and urns. The base of the pilasters are ornamented with rosettes set within roundels. The capitals contain panels depicting draped figures and the frieze has a central figurative tablet. The tablet is flanked by urns and festoons of beading, with a band of fluting above
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
192
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (335x256)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand
Adam office hand
Level
Drawing
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