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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/209

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster styles, ornamented with drop calyx and with urns set within the capitals. Above this there are bands of acanthus leaves and laurel leaf tips. The frieze is ornamented with a central tablet, which depicts a rosette set within and roundel and flanked by swags. The tablet has an apron of guttae and is flanked by a band ornamented with fluting and drop calyx. Above this there is an elevation of a tripartite, overmantel mirror frame, with Corinthian pilaster styles. The mirror is surmounted by a central tablet, ornamented with arabesques and this supports an urn, ornamented with gadrooning, a central rosette and ram masks, which suspend swags. The urn is flanked by calyx, which support anthemia

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Draw(?) [___] this Chimney piece / for Mr Johnston(?) (in the hand of Robert Adam, pencil) / 209

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (238x350)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand

Level

Drawing

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