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  • image SM Adam volume 24/56

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/56

Purpose

[1] Design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with fluted styles, which form scrolls and terminate in acanthus leaves. The chimney lining is ornamented with a band of dentils and a band of laurel leaf tips. The capitals contain paterae and the frieze contains a central tablet ornamented with an anthemion flanked by arabesques and rosettes. The tablet is flanked by a band of fluting and a further band ornamented with urns flanked by festoons and peltoid shields. The matel is ornamented with bands of dentil and laurel leaf tips

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

56

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (290x450)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand

Level

Drawing

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