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Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/228
Purpose
Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with Corinthian columnar styles and capitals containing patera, set within wreaths. The frieze is ornamented with a figurative tablet, with an apron of dentils and a ram mask, which is flanked by festoons of husks. The mantel is ornamented with a band of dentils and a band of guilloche
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
228
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (338x268)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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