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  • image SM Adam volume 23/196

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/196

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster styles ornamented with bands of acanthus leaves; ram masks, which suspend a festoon of husks, rosettes, and urns and ox skull suspending drop calyx, rosettes and urns. The frieze has a central tablet ornamented with a patera set within a wreath of husks and flanked by ox masks. The tablet is flanked by L-shaped panels ornamented with arabesques supporting anthemia and calyx, and this panel is bordered by rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

No. 3 (pencil) / 196

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (475x295)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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