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Design for a chimneypiece, 1777
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/63
Purpose
Design for a chimneypiece, 1777
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with tapering styles, which are supported by pedestals ornamented with rosettes and strigilation. The styles depict paired, winged griffins and are surmounted by bands of fluting. The capitals contain arabesques supporting anthemia and calyx. The frieze is ornamented with masks, set within roundels and above this there is a band of fluting and calyx, set within semi-circular-headed compartments. The mantel is ornamented with a band of dentils, a band of laurel leaf tips and a band of enclosed anthemia
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¾ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
63
Signed and dated
- 1777
1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (290x406)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Level
Drawing
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