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  • image SM Adam volume 23/192

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

Level

Drawing

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