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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/216

Purpose

Unfinished design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster styles, ornamented with drop calyx and a Doric columnar style, ornamented with laurel leaf tips. The chimneypiece has capitals containing a mask set within a rosette and an urn. The frieze contains a central tablet depicting an oil burner and a reclining, draped figure. Beyond this there is a dagger crossed with an urn. The chimneypiece is surmounted by an urn and an overmantel mirror frame in the form of a Roman sarcophagus. The mirror glass is ornamented with a central cameo and this is flanked by festoons of husks and peltoid shields. The frame is surmounted by a central calyx, which supports an urn ornamented with gadrooning, and this is flanked by arabesques and rosettes

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

216 / Glass (pencil)

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and cerulean blue wash on laid paper (281x268)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand

Level

Drawing

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